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Dixie Dean wore this, I established, and scored the most (9)

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I believe the answer is:

stripiest

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'dixie dean wore' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'i established and scored the most' is the wordplay.
'established' becomes 'est' (abbreviation).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'scored the most' becomes 'strip' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'i'+'est'='iest'
'iest' put after 'strip' is 'STRIPIEST'.

'this' acts as a link.

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