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Dictator's to outlaw green cloth garment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bandeau

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'garment' is the definition.
(bandeau is a kind of garment)

'dictator's to outlaw green cloth' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'outlaw' could be 'ban' (banning is a kind of outlawing) and 'ban' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for bandeau that I've seen before include "Narrow piece of ribbon worn round the head" , "Headgear" , "Hair securing strip" , "What woman might wear" , "What may be worn by girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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