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Action of Liberal with wife in a formal outfit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lawsuit

'action' is the definition.
(legal action)

'liberal with wife in a formal outfit' is the wordplay.
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'formal outfit' becomes 'suit' (a suit is a formal outfit).
'a'+'suit'='asuit'
'w' put inside 'asuit' is 'awsuit'.
'l'+'awsuit'='LAWSUIT'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for lawsuit that I've seen before include "The process of bringing action in legal court" , "Legal proceedings" , "Dispute brought to court" , "Court case" , "Process of bringing dispute or claim before the courts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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