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Remnant of undergarment I get shortened (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vestige

'remnant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'undergarment i get shortened' is the wordplay.
'undergarment' becomes 'vest' (vest is a kind of undergarment).
'shortened' means to remove the last letter.
'get' with its final letter taken away is 'ge'.
'vest'+'i'+'ge'='VESTIGE'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for vestige that I've seen before include "A sign" , "Residual trace" , "(Last) trace" , "Give set for a surviving trace" , "Slight amount, trace" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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