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Daughter urges page to drop off clothes (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dresses

'clothes' is the definition.
('dress' can be a synonym of 'clothe')

'daughter urges page to drop off' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'urges' becomes 'presses' ('press' can be a synonym of 'urge').
'page' becomes 'p'.
'to drop off' suggests deleting specific letters.
'presses' with 'p' removed is 'resses'.
'd'+'resses'='DRESSES'

(Other definitions for dresses that I've seen before include "falls into line" , "Gets tired" , "Costumes" , "Decorates" , "Puts clothes on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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