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Cut some out for stage wear (7)

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I believe the answer is:

costume

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'stage wear' is the definition.
'costume' can be an answer for 'wear' (costume is a kind of wear). I am not sure about the 'stage' bit.

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

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for costume that I've seen before include "Clothing" , "Duds" , "ensemble" , "Theatrical clothes" , "(Historic etc) dress" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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