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Garment right behind fire (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blazer

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'garment' is the definition.
(blazer is a kind of garment)

'right behind fire' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'right' could be 'r' (common abbreviation) and 'r' is found in the answer.
'fire' could be 'blaze' (blaze is a kind of fire) and 'blaze' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for blazer that I've seen before include "Sportsman's jacket" , "School jacket (on fire?)" , "Type of jacket for sports officials" , "Summer sporting jacket" , "Man's garment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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