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No red dresses within limits of Tashkent (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tsarist

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'no red' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'dresses within limits of tashkent' is the wordplay.
'dresses' becomes 'saris' (sari is a kind of dress).
'within' is an insertion indicator.
'limits of' means to remove the middle letters.
'tashkent' with its middle removed is 'tt'.
'saris' put inside 'tt' is 'TSARIST'.

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(Other definitions for tsarist that I've seen before include "Artists (anag.); supporter of Russian emperor" , "Russian emperor's supporter" , "Russian monarchist" , "Russian royal supporter" , "One supporting ruler" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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