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Fellow with earls changing trousers (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flares

'trousers' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Unfashionable trousers' mean 'flares' so perhaps 'trousers' could also mean 'flares')

'fellow with earls changing' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'changing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'earls' is an anagram of 'lares'.
'f'+'lares'='FLARES'

(Other definitions for flares that I've seen before include "Bell-bottom trousers" , "Wide-bottomed trousers" , "Devices producing bright lights as signal" , "Bursts of bright lights and a trouser style" , "Blazes of light" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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