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On the coast in India wearing short-sleeves and beard (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goatee

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'beard' is the definition.
(I know that goatee is a type of beard)

'on the coast in india' is the wordplay.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the coast' becomes 'tee' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in india' becomes 'goa' (I've seen this before).
'tee' after 'goa' is 'GOATEE'.

'wearing short-sleeves and' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for goatee that I've seen before include "Facial hair" , "a feature of some clocks?" , "A short pointed beard" , "Kind of beard" , "Tufted beard on chin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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