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Remove housing officer, revealing clothing (9)

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I believe the answer is:

decollete

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'remove housing officer revealing clothing' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'remove housing officer' is the wordplay.
'remove' becomes 'delete' (deleting is a kind of removing**).
'housing' is an insertion indicator.
'officer' becomes 'col' (I've seen this before).
'delete' going around 'col' is 'DECOLLETE'.

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(Other definitions for decollete that I've seen before include "Of clothes, low-cut" , "Low cut" , "exposing milk suppliers" , "baring chest" , "low-cut dress!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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