Secret cabal left Gardner's close-fitting hoods (10)
I believe the answer is:
balaclavas
'hoods' is the definition.
(I know this)
'secret cabal left gardner's close-fitting' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'cabal' is 'balac' which is within the answer.
'left' could be 'l' (common abbreviation) and 'l' is located in the answer.
'gardner's' could be 'avas' (actress Ava Gardner) and 'avas' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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