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Sportsman with a glove, pants and cap (9)

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I believe the answer is:

shortstop

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'sportsman' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'pants and cap' is the wordplay.
'pants' becomes 'shorts' (shorts is a kind of pants).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'cap' becomes 'top' (synonyms).
'shorts'+'top'='SHORTSTOP'

'with a glove' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for shortstop that I've seen before include "US player" , "Baseball player" , "position in American sport" , "Opening move" , "Fielding position (baseball)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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