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Ostentation of spinster seen out in new guise (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pretentiousness

'ostentation' is the definition.
('pretentiousness' can be a synonym of 'ostentation')

'spinster seen out in new guise' is the wordplay.
'in new guise' indicates anagramming the letters (the same letters in a new form).
'spinster'+'seen'+'out'='spinsterseenout'
'spinsterseenout' with letters rearranged gives 'PRETENTIOUSNESS'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pretentiousness that I've seen before include "Pomposity, self-importance" , "Pseudery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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