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Jeans cut on both sides, hole obvious (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evident

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'obvious' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'jeans cut on both sides hole' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hole' could be 'den' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'den' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for evident that I've seen before include "'Plain, apparent (7)'" , "Clearly discernible" , "Easy to understand" , "Visible - plain" , "Plain to see" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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