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Lock star re-uses regularly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tress

'lock' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'star re-uses regularly' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'star'+'re'+'uses'='starreuses'
The alternating letters of 'starreuses' are 'TRESS'.

(Other definitions for tress that I've seen before include "Curl - lock" , "Bit of hair" , "Long piece of hair" , "Long lock or plait of hair" , "Obsolete support" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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