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E.g. ladies and gents hiding pants showing eccentricity (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loopiness

'eccentricity' is the definition.
(loopy can mean mad or eccentric)

'e g ladies and gents hiding pants' is the wordplay.
'e g ladies and gents' becomes 'loos' (toilets).
'hiding' is an insertion indicator.
'pants' becomes 'pines' (pant can mean to long or pine for something).
'loos' going around 'pines' is 'LOOPINESS'.

'showing' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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