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Cut some out for dress (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

costume

'dress' is the definition.
(costuming is a kind of dressing)

'cut some out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'cut'+'some'='cutsome'
'cutsome' with letters rearranged gives 'COSTUME'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for costume that I've seen before include "Clothes for a play or fancy dress ball" , "Clothing" , "Outfit" , "Actor's attire" , "Attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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