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Golf conditions don't provide much cover (1-7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

g-strings

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'don't provide much cover' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'golf conditions' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'golf' could be 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'g' is found within the answer.
'conditions' could be 'strings' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'strings' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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