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In clothes worn by archaeologist, but only outside (7)

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I believe the answer is:

attired

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'archaeologist but only outside' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'in clothes worn by' is the wordplay.
'in clothes' becomes 'at' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'worn' becomes 'tired' ('tire' can be a synonym of 'wear').
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'at'+'tired'='ATTIRED'

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(Other definitions for attired that I've seen before include "Turned out" , "Wearing clothes" , "Dressed or clothed" , "surrounded by duds" , "got up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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