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Layabout concerned with headgear? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beret

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'headgear?' is the definition.
(beret is a kind of headgear)

'layabout concerned with' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'concerned with' could be 're' (re can mean regarding, concerning) and 're' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bet' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for beret that I've seen before include "French flat hat" , "Frenchman's flat hat" , "Soft peak-less kind of cap" , "cap in France?" , "Soldier's cap" .)

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