Bricklayers shun lyrca, preferring to wear leather (6)

I believe the answer is:

bikers

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'preferring to wear leather' is the definition.
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'bricklayers shun lyrca' is the wordplay.
'shun' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'bricklayers' with 'lyrca' taken away is 'BIKERS'.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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