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Feeble folk creating disturbance outside our home have control (4,3,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wear the trousers

'have control' is the definition.

'feeble folk creating disturbance outside our home' is the wordplay.
'feeble' becomes 'wet'.
'folk creating disturbance' becomes 'rousers'.
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'our home' becomes 'earth' (I've seen this before).
'wet'+'rousers'='wetrousers'
'wetrousers' placed around 'earth' is 'WEAR THE TROUSERS'.

(Other definitions for wear the trousers that I've seen before include "to be dominant in union" , "Be the dominant one" , "Be not entirely suited" , "Chair being rough might do this" , "dominate partner?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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