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Remove jacket to smarten up jumper (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roo

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'jumper' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for roo that I've seen before include "Kanga's child (Milne)" , "Hopper" , "short jumper" , "Young marsupial" , "Diminutive inhabitant of Hundred Acre Wood" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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