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Scraps clothes used before maturity (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

garbage

'scraps' is the definition.
('garbage' can be a synonym of 'scraps')

'clothes used before maturity' is the wordplay.
'clothes' becomes 'garb' (garb is a kind of clothes**).
'used before' says to put letters next to each other.
'maturity' becomes 'age' (I've seen this before).
'garb'+'age'='GARBAGE'

(Other definitions for garbage that I've seen before include "Litter" , "Food waste or trash" , "Pop group; rubbish" , "Worthless matter" , "'Refuse, rubbish (7)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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