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Old style of loose red coat (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

art deco

'old style' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'loose red coat' is the wordplay.
'loose' indicates an anagram (letters are loosened from their original positions).
'red'+'coat'='redcoat'
'redcoat' is an anagram of 'ART DECO'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for art deco that I've seen before include "Highly geometric style" , "Visual design style - redcoat (anag)" , "1920s and 1930s ornamental style" , "Nineteen twenty's and thirties style" , "Early C 20 style" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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