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Are exhibitionists disheartened after dropping trousers and more? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

dungarees

'trousers and more?' is the definition.

'are exhibitionists disheartened after dropping' is the wordplay.
'disheartened' means to remove the middle letters.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'dropping' becomes 'dung' (**).
'exhibitionists' with its centre taken out is 'es'.
'are'+'es'='arees'
'arees' after 'dung' is 'DUNGAREES'.

(Other definitions for dungarees that I've seen before include "overalls required" , "Overalls of cotton fabric" , "Overall" , "Worker's trousers with a bib" , "Durable overalls" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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