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Woman adds lacy edges to uniform (6)

Ross

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evelyn

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(Other definitions for evelyn that I've seen before include "'Brideshead Revisited' was written by . . . . . . Waugh '" , "'Vile Bodies' novelist" , "- Waugh, Eng. novelist" , "Auberon Waugh's father" , "'Brideshead Revisited' - novel by . . . . . . Waugh" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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