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Member returned in fat dancer's costume (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leotard

'dancer's costume' is the definition.

'member returned in fat' is the wordplay.
'member' becomes 'toe' (toe is a kind of member).
'returned' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fat' becomes 'lard' (lard is a kind of fat).
'toe' written backwards gives 'eot'.
'eot' put within 'lard' is 'LEOTARD'.

(Other definitions for leotard that I've seen before include "Stretchy one-piece garment" , "One-piece garment worn by acrobat" , "Dancers might wear this" , "Dancer's tight-fitting garment" , "Do alter for acrobat's garment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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