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Recoil, but ultimately accept coarse cotton fabric (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

winceyette

'cotton fabric' is the definition.
(type of fabric)

'recoil but ultimately accept coarse' is the wordplay.
'recoil' becomes 'wince' (to wince is to recoil or flinch).
'but' becomes 'yet' (synonyms).
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
The final letters of 'accept coarse' are 'te'.
'wince'+'yet'+'te'='WINCEYETTE'

(Another definition for winceyette that I've seen is " Fabric".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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