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Shirt-maker hasn't got this to declare

Ross

I believe the answer is:

remark

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'this to declare' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'shirt-maker hasn't' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'maker' is 'emark' which is present in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'got' is the link.

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(Other definitions for remark that I've seen before include "what someone says?" , "Comment, observation" , "Make mention of" , "Notice; happen to say" , "(E.g. Virgil's) pastoral poems" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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