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Mixed-up clothing came first (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

garbled

'mixed-up' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'clothing came first' is the wordplay.
'clothing' becomes 'garb' (garb is a kind of clothing).
'came first' becomes 'led' (to lead is to go first).
'garb'+'led'='GARBLED'

(Other definitions for garbled that I've seen before include "Confused, disjointed" , "(Message) corrupted" , "Unintentionally jumbled" , "Mixed-up" , "Disjointed, incoherent" .)

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