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Baggy line that's lining bag (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slack

'baggy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'line that's lining bag' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'that's lining' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bag' becomes 'sack' (sack is a kind of bag).
'l' inserted inside 'sack' is 'SLACK'.

(Other definitions for slack that I've seen before include "Loose" , "Not taut" , "bits of coal" , "Idle and disinclined to work" , "Powdery coal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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