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Swells are contracted to wear fashionable suits? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

increases

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'swells are contracted to wear' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'fashionable suits?' is the wordplay.
'fashionable' becomes 'in' (in can mean fashionable or trendy).
'suits?' becomes 'creases' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in'+'creases'='INCREASES'

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(Other definitions for increases that I've seen before include "Gets bigger" , "Becomes greater" , "Becomes bigger" .)

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