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Rough argyle shirt added a lot (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greatly

'a lot' is the definition.
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'rough argyle shirt added' is the wordplay.
'rough' indicates an anagram (a rough or broken ordering of the letters).
'shirt' becomes 't' (as in a T-shirt).
'added' says to put letters next to each other.
'argyle'+'t'='argylet'
'argylet' anagrammed gives 'GREATLY'.

(Other definitions for greatly that I've seen before include "Very much" , "to a considerable extent" , "To a large extent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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