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In a basin, hole fixed by fingers, initially (11)

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I believe the answer is:

fashionable

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'in' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'a basin hole fixed by fingers initially' is the wordplay.
'fixed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'fingers' is 'f'.
'basin'+'hole'='basinhole'
'basinhole' is an anagram of 'shionable'.
'a'+'shionable'='ashionable'
'ashionable' put after 'f' is 'FASHIONABLE'.

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(Other definitions for fashionable that I've seen before include "A la mode" , "Trendy" , "Modish" , "What's in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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