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Singer Paul wearing fine clothes? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

robeson

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'singer' is the definition.
(I know that Robeson is a singer)

'paul wearing fine clothes?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'clothes?' could be 'robes' (robing is a kind of clothing) and 'robes' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'on' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for robeson that I've seen before include "Paul -. US bass singer and actor" , "Paul ......., great American bass singer and actor (" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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