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Right honourable thing to wear? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

robe

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'wear?' is the definition.
(robe is a kind of wear)

'right honourable thing' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'honourable thing' becomes 'obe' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'r'+'obe'='ROBE'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for robe that I've seen before include "Gown or dress of office" , "judge's garment" , "Loose or formal garment" , "Clerical garment" , "Loose outer garment" .)

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