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Designing coat for Tony seized by Chuck (7)

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I believe the answer is:

styling

'designing' is the definition.
(styling is a kind of designing)

'coat for tony seized by chuck' is the wordplay.
'coat for' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (the letters which coat the word).
'seized by' indicates putting letters inside.
'chuck' becomes 'sling' (chuck means throw as does sling).
'tony' with its middle removed is 'ty'.
'ty' inserted into 'sling' is 'STYLING'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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