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Fellow has to squeeze inside clerical garment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maniple

'clerical garment' is the definition.
(garment worn by clergymen)

'fellow has to squeeze' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'male' (fellow is a term for a man).
'has' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'to squeeze' becomes 'nip' ('nip' can be a synonym of 'squeeze').
'male' placed around 'nip' is 'MANIPLE'.

'inside' is the link.

(Other definitions for maniple that I've seen before include "Some legionaries" , "vestment no longer used" , "Part of legion" , "company" , "Some old soldiers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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