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Flashy military pilots getting suspicious cut (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raffish

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'flashy military' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'pilots getting suspicious cut' is the wordplay.
'pilots' becomes 'RAF' (Royal Air Force).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'suspicious cut' becomes 'fish' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'raf'+'fish'='RAFFISH'

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(Other definitions for raffish that I've seen before include "Tawdry" , "smart" , "like British airmen?" , "Dissolute" , "flashy and careless" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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