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Careless, leaving night attire on book (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

negligent

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'careless' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'night attire on book' is the wordplay.
'night attire' becomes 'neglige' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'on' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'book' becomes 'NT' (New Testament).
'neglige'+'nt'='NEGLIGENT'

'leaving' is the link.

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(Other definitions for negligent that I've seen before include "sloppy" , "Not minding" , "Of the study of insects" , "Failing to take due care" , "Lax" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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