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Material witness right on the mark (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seersucker

'material' is the definition.
(seersucker is a kind of material)

'witness right on the mark' is the wordplay.
'witness' becomes 'see' (I've seen this before).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the mark' becomes 'sucker' ('sucker' can be a synonym of 'mark'**).
'see'+'r'+'sucker'='SEERSUCKER'

(Other definitions for seersucker that I've seen before include "Material" , "Cotton" , "Puckered fabric" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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