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Adorn topless people (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

race

'people' is the definition.

'adorn topless' is the wordplay.
'adorn' becomes 'grace' ('grace' can be a synonym of 'adorn').
'topless' means to remove the first letter.
'grace' with its first letter removed is 'RACE'.

(Other definitions for race that I've seen before include "People - sprint - competition" , "The ... is not to the swift (Bible)" , "water" , "See 22" , "Run swiftly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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