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Nerd with new Capri pants, not a sweater? (6,6)

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I believe the answer is:

prince andrew

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'not a sweater?' is the definition.
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'nerd with new capri pants' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pants' is an anagram indicator (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish').
'new'+'capri'='newcapri'
'nerd' put after 'newcapri' is 'newcaprinerd'.
'newcaprinerd' anagrammed gives 'PRINCE ANDREW'.

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(Another definition for prince andrew that I've seen is " The Queen's third".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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