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Divorcee extremely cross in public over suit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tuxedo

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'suit' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'divorcee extremely cross in public over' is the wordplay.
'extremely' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'cross' becomes 'x' (X is cross-shaped).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'public' becomes 'out' (I've seen this before).
'over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'divorcee' with its middle taken out is 'de'.
'de'+'x'='dex'
'dex' put inside 'out' is 'odexut'.
'odexut' written backwards gives 'TUXEDO'.

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(Other definitions for tuxedo that I've seen before include "An American monkey-suit" , "Garment" , "Dinner jacket (US)" , "American DJ" , "American dinner jacket" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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