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Gets sex in centre wearing pair of smalls (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scores

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'pair of smalls' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'gets sex in centre wearing' is the wordplay.
'gets sex in' becomes 'ss' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'centre' becomes 'core' (core can mean something's centre).
'wearing' is an insertion indicator.
'ss' placed around 'core' is 'SCORES'.

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(Other definitions for scores that I've seen before include "Written forms of musical compositions" , "Marks; is successful" , "Gains game points" , "Obtains marks, say" , "Scratches" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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