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Outrages Conservative, wearing attire showing a bit of skin (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scandals

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'outrages' is the definition.
('scandal' can be a synonym of 'outrage')

'conservative wearing attire showing a bit of skin' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'conservative' could be 'c' (UK political abbreviation) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for scandals that I've seen before include "Clans sad, involved in notorious affairs" , "they're disgraceful" , "Malicious gossip" , "Disgraceful actions, subjects of talk" , "Caught wearing shoes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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