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Man hides weapon in clothing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

garment

'clothing' is the definition.
(garment is a kind of clothing)

'man hides weapon' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'gent' (gent is a kind of man).
'hides' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'weapon' becomes 'arm' (synonyms).
'gent' enclosing 'arm' is 'GARMENT'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for garment that I've seen before include "Raiment" , "Piece of clothing" , "stole, perhaps" , "Vestment" , "Something put on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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