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Fashionable matches for prisoners (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inmates

'for prisoners' is the definition.
(inmate is a kind of prisoner)

'fashionable matches' is the wordplay.
'fashionable' becomes 'in' (in can mean fashionable or trendy).
'matches' becomes 'mates' ('mate' can be a synonym of 'match').
'in'+'mates'='INMATES'

(Other definitions for inmates that I've seen before include "Prisoners" , "Ties man (anag.)" , "Inhabitants" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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