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Landslide victory gained by one in a Chanel ensemble (9)

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I believe the answer is:

avalanche

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'landslide' is the definition.
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'victory gained by one in a chanel ensemble' is the wordplay.
'victory' becomes 'v'.
'gained by' becomes 'aa' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'one in' is an insertion indicator.
'ensemble' indicates an anagram.
'v' placed into 'aa' is 'ava'.
'chanel' is an anagram of 'lanche'.
'ava'+'lanche'='AVALANCHE'

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(Other definitions for avalanche that I've seen before include "Great snowfall" , "falling-out in the Highlands?" , "Rapid movement of a large mass of snow or ice" , "Slide of large amounts of snow or stone" , "Mass of snow falling down a mountain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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