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Material that’s grand in fashionable shift (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

realign

'shift' is the definition.

'material that's grand in fashionable' is the wordplay.
'material' becomes 'real' ('real' is associated in meaning with 'material').
'that's grand' becomes 'g' ('G' can be a synonym of 'grand').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fashionable' becomes 'in' ('in' can be similar in meaning to 'fashionable').
'g' placed into 'in' is 'ign'.
'real'+'ign'='REALIGN'

(Other definitions for realign that I've seen before include "Again order" , "Change position (of something)" , "Make new alliances" , "return to proper position" , "Apply" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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