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Clothes? Good to get attention (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gear

'clothes?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'good to get attention' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'attention' becomes 'ear' (ear is a kind of attention).
'g'+'ear'='GEAR'

(Other definitions for gear that I've seen before include "Effects" , "Toothed wheel which engages with another one" , "often changed in a saloon" , "Toothed wheel, equipment and clothes" , "Toothed wheel that interlocks with another" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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