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A new, ruder variety of lingerie (9)

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I believe the answer is:

underwear

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

'a new ruder variety' is the wordplay.
'variety' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'new'+'ruder'='anewruder'
'anewruder' with letters rearranged gives 'UNDERWEAR'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for underwear that I've seen before include "Vest, pants etc" , "Garments worn beneath other clothes" , "what lies beneath that uniform!" , "Slip maybe" , "Vests, knickers etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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