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Adjusts clothing worn by Welsh person (9)

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I believe the answer is:

redresses

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'adjusts' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I can't see how they can define each other.

'clothing worn by welsh person' is the wordplay.
'clothing' becomes 'dress' (dress is a kind of clothing).
'worn by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (outside letters are worn by those on the inside).
'welsh person' becomes 'rees' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'dress' going inside 'rees' is 'REDRESSES'.

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(Other definitions for redresses that I've seen before include "Sets right, makes amends" , "Pays for" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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