Mend great rips in clothes (9)
I believe the answer is:
garmented
'mend great rips in clothes' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'mend great rips' is the wordplay.
'rips' is an anagram indicator ('rip up' the original order of the letters).
'mend'+'great'='mendgreat'
'mendgreat' with letters rearranged gives 'GARMENTED'.
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