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Dress up in hot material receiving backing of designer (9)

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I believe the answer is:

embroider

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'dress up' is the definition.
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'hot material receiving backing of designer' is the wordplay.
'hot material' becomes 'ember' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'backing of' is a reversal indicator.
'designer' becomes 'dior' (dior is a designer brand).
'dior' written backwards gives 'roid'.
'ember' enclosing 'roid' is 'EMBROIDER'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for embroider that I've seen before include "Sew decoration onto" , "Sew; embellish" , "Dress up" , "stitch" , "Ornament with needlework" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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