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Clothes tear: it’s awful! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attire

'clothes' is the definition.
(attire is clothing)

'tear it's awful' is the wordplay.
'awful' is an anagram indicator.
'tear'+'it'='tearit'
'tearit' is an anagram of 'ATTIRE'.

(Other definitions for attire that I've seen before include "Formal dress or costume" , "Formal clothing" , "I treat badly the dress." , "Garments" , "Clothes worn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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