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Said to be a sale of cloth (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sail

'cloth' is the definition.
(sail is a kind of cloth)

'said to be a sale' is the wordplay.
'said to be' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'sale' sounds like 'SAIL'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sail that I've seen before include "Spanker, say" , "Go by boat" , "Spanker or spinnaker, for example" , "Travel on water propelled by wind" , "Go by water" .)

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