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Sports team with kit on or kit off here? (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strip club

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'or kit off here?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'sports team with kit' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'team' could be 'club' (club is a kind of team) and 'club' is present in the answer.
'kit' could be 'strip' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'strip' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'on' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for strip club that I've seen before include "Where entertainers can be barely seen" , "Sleazy establishment" , "Place of sleazy entertainment" , "Joint where performers undress" , "exotic dancers here" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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