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Hugo Boss announcing no neckwear for a decade (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nineties

'a decade' is the definition.
(I know that Nineties is a type of decennary)

'hugo boss announcing no neckwear' is the wordplay.
'hugo boss announcing no' becomes 'nine' (homophone of 'nein' - 'no' in German).
'neckwear' becomes 'ties' (I've seen this in another clue).
'nine'+'ties'='NINETIES'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nineties that I've seen before include "they were once described as naughty!" , "many old people are in" , "possibly last period of life" , "Last decade of century" , "make batsmen nervous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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