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Navy party clothes for a Bond villain (2,2)

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I believe the answer is:

dr no

'a bond villain' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'navy party clothes' is the wordplay.
'navy' becomes 'RN' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'clothes' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are clothed in others).
'rn' put into 'do' is 'DR NO'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for dr no that I've seen is " First James Bond film".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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