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Mix up clothes with loose ends (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

garble

'mix up' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'clothes with loose ends' is the wordplay.
'clothes' becomes 'garb' (garb is a kind of clothes).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ends' suggests removing the centre.
'loose' with its centre removed is 'le'.
'garb'+'le'='GARBLE'

(Other definitions for garble that I've seen before include "Indistinct speech" , "Distort text or its meaning" , "jumble" , "Confuse (a message)" , "Corrupt" .)

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