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Member wearing man's clothes (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

garments

'clothes' is the definition.
(I know this)

'member wearing man's' is the wordplay.
'member' becomes 'arm' (member can mean a limb).
'wearing' indicates putting letters inside.
'man's' becomes 'gents' (gent is a kind of man).
'arm' going into 'gents' is 'GARMENTS'.

(Other definitions for garments that I've seen before include "Articles of clothing" , "clothes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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