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New style in navy

Ross

I believe the answer is:

modern

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'new' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'style in navy' is the wordplay.
'style in' becomes 'mode' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'navy' becomes 'RN' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
'mode'+'rn'='MODERN'

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(Other definitions for modern that I've seen before include "Present-day" , "In history, the period or era since the Middle Ages" , "'Contemporary, up-to-the-minute (6)'" , "Fashionable (like the new Tate gallery?)" , "Belonging to the present time" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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