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It should prevent a woman getting into bad habits (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

dress sense

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'it should prevent a' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'woman getting into bad habits' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'woman' could be 'dre' and 'dre' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for dress sense that I've seen before include "Instinct for clothes" , "What fashion icons have" , "Good instinct for clothing" , "Good taste in clothes" , "Good instinct for selecting garments" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Irish Independent.
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