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Black skirt, slips, russet jacket…? It makes waves! (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jet ski

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'? it makes waves' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'black skirt slips russet jacket' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'black' could be 'jet' (jet black is a kind of black) and 'jet' is found in the answer.
'jacket' could be 'ski' (ski jacket is a kind of jacket) and 'ski' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for jet ski that I've seen before include "Transport" , "Vessel" , "Snowmobile" , "small and speedy craft" .)

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