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Pants of a friend suspended by shower? (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rained off

'suspended by shower?' is the definition.

'pants of a friend' is the wordplay.
'pants' is an anagram indicator (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish').
'of'+'a'+'friend'='ofafriend'
'ofafriend' with letters rearranged gives 'RAINED OFF'.

(Other definitions for rained off that I've seen before include "Delayed" , "cancelled due to weather" , "Ended by bad weather" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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