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Rush towards Rome? It’s warmer! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

fleece

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'it's warmer' is the definition.
(garment that warms the wearer)

'rush towards rome?' is the wordplay.
'rush' becomes 'flee' (I've seen this before).
'towards' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'rome?' becomes 'ce' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'flee'+'ce'='FLEECE'

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(Other definitions for fleece that I've seen before include "Woolly hair of sheep" , "Con" , "Charge too much" , "Do some asset stripping" , "Warm jacket" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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