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Is Grandmother interested in making cloth? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nankeen

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'cloth?' is the definition.
(I know that nankeen is a type of cloth)

'is grandmother interested in' is the wordplay.
'is grandmother' becomes 'nan' (nan can informally mean a grandmother).
'interested in' becomes 'keen' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'nan'+'keen'='NANKEEN'

'making' is the link.

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(Other definitions for nankeen that I've seen before include "Buff-coloured cotton fabric" , "Buff colour" , "Yellowish cotton cloth" , "mustard colour" , "Durable yellow cotton fabric, originally from China" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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