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Consumer's after second women's garment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweater

'garment' is the definition.
(sweater is a kind of garment)

'consumer's after second women's' is the wordplay.
'consumer' becomes 'eater' (consume can mean to eat).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'women' becomes 'w' (standard abbreviation).
's'+'w'='sw'
'eater' put after 'sw' is 'SWEATER'.

(Other definitions for sweater that I've seen before include "Jumper or jersey" , "A present from Mum!" , "Jumper (7)" , "Clobber" , "person in a sauna?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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