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Saucy thing in haute couture? (6,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

french dressing

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'haute couture?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'saucy thing' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'saucy' could be 'dressing' (I've seen this before) and 'dressing' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'french' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for french dressing that I've seen before include "sauce for salad" , "Something going on salad" , "vinaigrette!'" , "haute couture?" , "Saucy embellishment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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