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Coat in shop -- it is unusual in style (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sophistication

'style' is the definition.
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'coat in shop it is unusual' is the wordplay.
'unusual' is an anagram indicator.
'coat'+'in'+'shop'+'it'+'is'='coatinshopitis'
'coatinshopitis' with letters rearranged gives 'SOPHISTICATION'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sophistication that I've seen before include "Polish" , "Fashionable refinement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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