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Fix on pinafore originally trendy brooch (8)

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I believe the answer is:

stickpin

'brooch' is the definition.
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'fix on pinafore originally trendy' is the wordplay.
'fix' becomes 'stick' (sticking is a kind of fixing**).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'originally' says to take the initial letters.
'trendy' becomes 'in'.
The first letter of 'pinafore' is 'p'.
'stick'+'p'+'in'='STICKPIN'

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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