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Mistakes of line taken by post-war generation (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bloomers

'mistakes' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'line taken by post-war generation' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'l'.
'taken by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'post-war generation' becomes 'boomers' (the baby boomer generation).
'l' inserted within 'boomers' is 'BLOOMERS'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for bloomers that I've seen before include "clothes" , "Mistakes, underpants, loaves or flowers" , "Bread - mistakes - underwear" , "Boobs" , "Undergarment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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