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Revealing costume: nothing stops brother wearing one (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

monokini

'revealing costume' is the definition.
(type of bikini)

'nothing stops brother wearing one' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'stops' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'brother' becomes 'monk' (I've seen this before).
'wearing one' becomes 'ini' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'o' inserted inside 'monk' is 'monok'.
'monok'+'ini'='MONOKINI'

(Other definitions for monokini that I've seen before include "Skimpy garment" , "Swimsuit" , "Small beach garment" , "pair of nifty briefs?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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