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Pop out wearing skates, perhaps - dapper (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

foppish

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'dapper' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'pop out wearing skates' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'wearing' indicates putting letters inside.
'skates' becomes 'fish' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pop' with letters rearranged gives 'opp'.
'opp' put within 'fish' is 'FOPPISH'.

'perhaps' is the link.

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(Other definitions for foppish that I've seen before include "Dandyish" , "Wet" , "Excessively concerned with fashion and elegance" , "like Beau Brummell" , "of the Dandy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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