Garment knitted for the caring D.A. (8)

I believe the answer is:

cardigan

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'garment' is the definition.
(cardigan is a kind of garment)

'knitted for the caring d a' is the wordplay.
'caring d a' anagrams to 'CARDIGAN'.
But, I am not clear how the anagram is indicated.

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(Other definitions for cardigan that I've seen before include "Man in charge" , "Lord and outer garment" , "Knitted sweater - Welsh Bay" , "clothes item" , "Welsh town; garment" .)

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