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Outline in coarse pants (8)

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I believe the answer is:

scenario

'outline' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in coarse pants' is the wordplay.
'pants' is an anagram indicator (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish').
'in'+'coarse'='incoarse'
'incoarse' with letters rearranged gives 'SCENARIO'.

(Other definitions for scenario that I've seen before include "Outline or synopsis of a play" , "Outline of film, novel, etc" , "Written outline of a film, novel, or stage work" , "In plot of movie, for instance" , "Imagined situation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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