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Chap carrying weapon in his jacket? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

garment

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'his jacket?' is the definition.
'garment' can be an answer for 'jacket?' (jacket is a kind of garment). I'm unsure of the 'his' bit.

'chap carrying weapon' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'gent' (both can mean a man).
'carrying' indicates putting letters inside.
'weapon' becomes 'arm' (synonyms).
'gent' enclosing 'arm' is 'GARMENT'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for garment that I've seen before include "dress, perhaps" , "Article of dress" , "Something put on" , "Maybe a jacket" , "Perhaps shift" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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