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Item of clothing bloke wrapped round limb (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

garment

'item of clothing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bloke wrapped round limb' is the wordplay.
'bloke' becomes 'gent' (I've seen this before).
'wrapped round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'limb' becomes 'arm' (arm is a kind of limb).
'gent' enclosing 'arm' is 'GARMENT'.

(Other definitions for garment that I've seen before include "dress, perhaps" , "Singular outfit" , "Item of clothing" , "Piece of clothing" , "Grant me (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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