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Give clothes to friends in part of theatre (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dress circle

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'part of theatre' is the definition.
('dress circle' is part of 'theatre')

'give clothes to friends' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'clothes' could be 'dress' (dress is a kind of clothes) and 'dress' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'circle' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for dress circle that I've seen before include "Part of an auditorium" , "section of theatre" , "dearer theatre seats" , "best seats" , "Gallery in theatre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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