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Excellent lingerie, very alluring up-front (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brava

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

'lingerie very alluring up-front' is the wordplay.
'lingerie' becomes 'bra' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'up front' suggests taking the first letters (the letter at the front of the word).
The initial letters of 'very alluring' is 'va'.
'bra'+'va'='BRAVA'

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(Other definitions for brava that I've seen before include "1 across - - , Sp. coastal region" , "Spanish 23" , "Excellent" , "Spanish Costa" , "Approving cry (to diva)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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