Fellow staggers round firm engaged in making formal wear (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
frock coats
'formal wear' is the definition.
'fellow staggers round firm engaged in' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'staggers' becomes 'rocks' (both can mean to shock greatly).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'engaged in' becomes 'at' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'co'+'at'='coat'
'rocks' placed around 'coat' is 'rockcoats'.
'f'+'rockcoats'='FROCK-COATS'
'making' is the link.
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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