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Incline to adopt right fashion (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trend

'fashion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'incline to adopt right' is the wordplay.
'incline' becomes 'tend' ('tend' can be a synonym of 'incline'**).
'to adopt' is an insertion indicator.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'tend' going around 'r' is 'TREND'.

(Other definitions for trend that I've seen before include "Popular current taste" , "The way things are going?" , "Drift; vogue" , "Fashion; general direction" , "Leaning; fashion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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