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Unskilful tailoring of a harem suit (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amateurish

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'unskilful tailoring of a harem suit' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'of a harem suit' is the wordplay.
'of' is an anagram indicator (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'a'+'harem'+'suit'='aharemsuit'
'aharemsuit' is an anagram of 'AMATEURISH'.

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(Other definitions for amateurish that I've seen before include "done imperfectly" , "using little craft, perhaps" , "Lay" , "Rather 31 across" , "incompetent" .)

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