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Area around Buckingham Palace quiet, elegant and fashionable (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swish

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'fashionable' is the definition.
(swish can mean fashionable or smart)

'area around buckingham palace quiet elegant' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'quiet' could be 'sh' (both can be said to tell someone to be quiet) and 'sh' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for swish that I've seen before include "Elegant" , "Classy" , "Impressively fashionable" , "Smart, fashionable" , "Impressively smart" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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