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Outfit held centre star (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rigel

'star' is the definition.
(star in the constellation Orion)

'outfit held centre' is the wordplay.
'outfit' becomes 'rig' (rigging is a kind of outfiting).
'centre' indicates the central letters.
The central letters of 'held' are 'el'.
'rig'+'el'='RIGEL'

(Other definitions for rigel that I've seen before include "shiner" , "Orion's brightest star" , "Brightest star in Orion" .)

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