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Unfashionable garments for the suburbs (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outskirts

'the suburbs' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'unfashionable garments' is the wordplay.
'unfashionable' becomes 'out' (synonyms).
'garments' becomes 'skirts' (skirt is a kind of garment).
'out'+'skirts'='OUTSKIRTS'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for outskirts that I've seen before include "surrounding area" , "Outer regions (of town)" , "Suburbs" , "area away from town centre" , "borders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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