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Complete unknown covering front of robe with flounces (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frilly

'with flounces' is the definition.
(having frills or flounces)

'complete unknown covering front of robe' is the wordplay.
'complete' becomes 'fill' (eg completing or filling in a form).
'unknown' becomes 'y' (algebra).
'covering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'front of' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'robe' is 'r'.
'fill'+'y'='filly'
'filly' enclosing 'r' is 'FRILLY'.

(Other definitions for frilly that I've seen before include "ruffled" , "Having flounces, ruffles, etc" , "Fancy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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