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Husband wearing tops or leather clothing (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaps

'leather clothing' is the definition.
(type of leather leggings)

'husband wearing tops' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'wearing' is an insertion indicator.
'tops' becomes 'caps' (cap is a kind of top).
'h' put into 'caps' is 'CHAPS'.

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for chaps that I've seen before include "Cowboy's trousers; men" , "Guy's" , "Blokes" , "providing leather bags from US" , "Cowboy leggings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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