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Slacks, perhaps? It's the opposite of kind taking in employer (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trousers

'slacks perhaps?' is the definition.
(slacks is a kind of trousers)

'the opposite of kind taking in employer' is the wordplay.
'the opposite of' says the letters should be written backwards.
'kind' becomes 'sort' ('sort' can be a synonym of 'kind'**).
'taking in' is an insertion indicator.
'employer' becomes 'user' (I've seen this before).
'sort' reversed gives 'tros'.
'tros' enclosing 'user' is 'TROUSERS'.

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for trousers that I've seen before include "pockets" , "Pants" , "Nether garments now worn by either sex" , "flies here" , "Longs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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