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Hat-wearing model? That's right (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

title

'right' is the definition.
(title is a kind of right)

'hat-wearing model?' is the wordplay.
'hat' becomes 'tile' (I've seen this before).
'wearing' indicates putting letters inside.
'model?' becomes 't' (Ford Model T car).
'tile' placed around 't' is 'TITLE'.

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for title that I've seen before include "Distinctive name" , "What could be professor's" , "One published" , "Name of film, book etc" , "Identifying name" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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