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Garden worker adopting couple of articles separately as protection from sun? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

headgear

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'garden' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for headgear that I've seen before include "crown, say" , "Trilby e.g" , "Mortarboard < , especially" , "Hats, helmets etc." , "Perhaps a hat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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