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Crease on the back of spun fabric (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

linen

'fabric' is the definition.
(I know that linen is a type of fabric)

'crease on the back of spun' is the wordplay.
'crease' becomes 'line' (synonyms).
'on' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'the back of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'spun' is 'n'.
'line'+'n'='LINEN'

(Other definitions for linen that I've seen before include "Sheets, tablecloth etc." , "clothes and sheets" , "Sheets, pillowcases etc" , "underwear" , "Flaxen fabric" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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