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Relative anxious for material (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nankeen

'material' is the definition.
(nankeen is a type of material)

'relative anxious' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'nan' (informal term for a grandmother).
'anxious' becomes 'keen' (I've seen this before).
'nan'+'keen'='NANKEEN'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for nankeen that I've seen before include "Hard-wearing fabric, originally from China" , "Yellowish cotton cloth" , "Buff colour(ed cloth)" , "mustard colour" , "Chinese cotton cloth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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