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Ripped clothes worn by Oscar (3,2,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

out of it

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'ripped' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'clothes worn by oscar' is the wordplay.
'clothes' becomes 'outfit' (outfit is a kind of clothes).
'worn by' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'oscar' becomes 'o' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'outfit' enclosing 'o' is 'OUT OF IT'.

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(Other definitions for out of it that I've seen before include "Forlorn" , "Excluded from participation" , "Drunk < , unaware what is happening" , "is not included" , "Eliminated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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