Formal quality of sender is wrong on ship (10)
I believe the answer is:
dressiness
'formal quality' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'sender is wrong on ship' is the wordplay.
'wrong' is an anagram indicator.
'on' is an insertion indicator (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'sender'+'is'='senderis'
'senderis' is an anagram of 'dreiness'.
'dreiness' placed around 'ss' is 'DRESSINESS'.
'of' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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