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Clothing produced by learner after a quiet shave (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apparel

'clothing' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'learner after a quiet shave' is the wordplay.
'learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'shave' becomes 'pare' (I've seen this in another clue).
'a'+'p'+'pare'='appare'
'l' after 'appare' is 'APPAREL'.

'produced by' is the link.

(Other definitions for apparel that I've seen before include "Formal word for clothing" , "whatever people have on" , "Attire" , "Clothes - garments" , "it's generally put on!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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