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Special fabric apparently so tight-fitting (5-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spray-on

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'apparently so tight-fitting' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'special fabric' is the wordplay.
'special' becomes 'sp' (abbreviation).
'fabric' becomes 'rayon' (rayon is a kind of fabric).
'sp'+'rayon'='SPRAY-ON'

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