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Dress is concerning, held in disgust (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apparel

'dress' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'concerning held in disgust' is the wordplay.
'concerning' becomes 're'.
'held in' is an insertion indicator.
'disgust' becomes 'appal' (appalling is a kind of disgusting).
're' put into 'appal' is 'APPAREL'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for apparel that I've seen before include "Attire" , "Pod of peas" , "Real pap (anag) - clothing" , "Clothes - garments" , "Garb, clothes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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