More slender or delicate (5)

I believe the answer is:

finer

(Other definitions for finer that I've seen before include "magistrate?" , "Better quality" , "Of higher quality" , "More gossamer or splendid" , "'Nothing could be . . . . . than to be in Carolina, in the morning' (popular song)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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