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Nip back, love, to get the material (6)

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I believe the answer is:

poplin

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'the material' is the definition.
(poplin is a kind of material)

'nip back love to get' is the wordplay.
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'love' becomes 'opl' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to get' is an insertion indicator.
'nip' back-to-front is 'pin'.
'pin' placed around 'opl' is 'POPLIN'.

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(Other definitions for poplin that I've seen before include "Corded cotton fabric" , "Type of fabric" , "Lightweight corded cotton" , "Material" , "stuff!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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