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Headgear graduate used during performance (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

turban

'headgear' is the definition.
(I know that turban is a type of headgear)

'graduate used during performance' is the wordplay.
'graduate' becomes 'BA' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'used during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'performance' becomes 'turn' (turn is a kind of performance).
'ba' going inside 'turn' is 'TURBAN'.

(Other definitions for turban that I've seen before include "Nut bar (anag.)" , "Cloth wound around the head" , "Cloth worn as headdress by Sikh" , "But ran out for the headdress" , "Sikh headgear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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