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Like a party hat or fleece coat from Isaac (5)

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I believe the answer is:

conic

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'like a party hat' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'fleece coat from isaac' is the wordplay.
'fleece' becomes 'con' (I've seen this before).
'coat from isaac' becomes 'ic' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'con'+'ic'='CONIC'

'or' is the link.

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(Other definitions for conic that I've seen before include "Shaped like an ice cream cornet" , "Tapering from a circle to a point" , "elliptical shape" , "With a tapering shape" , "Figure of circle, ellipse, parabola or hyperbola" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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