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Accept it's the way to make clothes fit better (6)

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I believe the answer is:

takeup

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'way to make clothes fit better' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'accept it's' is the wordplay.
'accept' becomes 'take' (to accept is to take possession of).
'it's' becomes 'up' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'take'+'up'='TAKEUP'

'the' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for takeup that I've seen is " Adoption".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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