She has hesitation in describing fine stockings (5)

I believe the answer is:

sheer

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'in describing fine stockings' is the definition.
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'she has hesitation' is the wordplay.
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er).
'she'+'er'='SHEER'

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(Other definitions for sheer that I've seen before include "Very thin; unmitigated" , "Nothing other than" , "avoid an unpleasant thing" , "Unmitigated; perpendicular" , "Plumb" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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