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Overcoat covering Sally on island in August (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

majestic

'august' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'overcoat covering sally on island' is the wordplay.
'overcoat' becomes 'mac' (mac is a kind of overcoat).
'covering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sally' becomes 'jest' (I've seen this before**).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'island' becomes 'i'.
'jest'+'i'='jesti'
'mac' enclosing 'jesti' is 'MAJESTIC'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for majestic that I've seen before include "Stately; sublime" , "Regal - stately" , "Regal - grand" , "Grand, impressive" , "Regal, imperial" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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