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Revealing performers' outing received free press coverage (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strippers

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'revealing performers' outing received free press coverage' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'received free press coverage' is the wordplay.
'received' becomes 'trip' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'free' indicates an anagram.
'coverage' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'press' with letters rearranged gives 'spers'.
'trip' put within 'spers' is 'STRIPPERS'.

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(Other definitions for strippers that I've seen before include "Women in clubs" , "They should remove the paint!" .)

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