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Christmas attire: appear with this when half-cut (drunk) (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paper hat

'christmas attire' is the definition.
(from inside crackers)

'appear with this when half-cut drunk' is the wordplay.
'this when half-cut' suggests halving the letters.
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' cut in half is 'th'.
'appear'+'th'='appearth'
'appearth' is an anagram of 'PAPER HAT'.

(Other definitions for paper hat that I've seen before include "Object from cracker" , "Wear for Christmas dinner" , "Content of a Christmas cracker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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