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Lock securing object in style (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trendiness

'style' is the definition.

'lock securing object in' is the wordplay.
'lock' becomes 'tress' (I've seen this before).
'securing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'object' becomes 'end' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'end'+'in'='endin'
'tress' placed around 'endin' is 'TRENDINESS'.

(Another definition for trendiness that I've seen is " high fashion".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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