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Ford river in wet buggy in Jersey or Guernsey, say? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

knitwear

'jersey or guernsey say?' is the definition.
(both are kinds of knitwear)

'ford river in wet buggy in' is the wordplay.
'ford' becomes 'ka' (the Ka is a type of Ford car**).
'river' becomes 'r'.
'buggy' indicates an anagram.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'in'+'wet'='inwet'
'inwet' with letters rearranged gives 'nitwe'.
'ka'+'r'='kar'
'kar' enclosing 'nitwe' is 'KNITWEAR'.

(Other definitions for knitwear that I've seen before include "Woollens" , "Jumper" , "Woollen goods" , "sweaters, for example" , "Woollies" .)

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