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Endeavour to acquire a sleeveless garment for burlesque (8)

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I believe the answer is:

travesty

'burlesque' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'endeavour to acquire a sleeveless garment' is the wordplay.
'endeavour' becomes 'try' (synonyms).
'to acquire' is an insertion indicator.
'sleeveless garment' becomes 'vest' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'vest'='avest'
'try' enclosing 'avest' is 'TRAVESTY'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for travesty that I've seen before include "Mockery, grotesque imitation" , "Grotesque misrepresentation" , "Vary test (anag.)" , "Farcical imitation" , "Make grotesque" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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