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Court girl turning up in such a warm garment? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

woollen

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'such a warm garment?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'court girl turning up' is the wordplay.
'court' becomes 'woo' (both can mean to romance someone).
'girl' becomes 'nell' (girl's name).
'turning up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'nell' written backwards gives 'llen'.
'woo'+'llen'='WOOLLEN'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for woollen that I've seen before include "Made from sheep's hair" , "Fabric made from the hair of sheep" , "soft and warm" , "Made of sheep's fleece" , "Knitted garment" .)

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