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An abstainer may ride around dressed like this (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attired

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'dressed like this' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun but the answer is not.

'an abstainer may ride' is the wordplay.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'abstainer' becomes 'tt' (I've seen this in other clues).
'may' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'might' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'ride' with letters rearranged gives 'ired'.
'a'+'tt'+'ired'='ATTIRED'

'around' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for attired that I've seen before include "got up" , "Wearing clothes" , "Dressed or clothed" , "surrounded by duds" , "Turned out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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