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Stays to endorse a number in some armour (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

corslet

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'some armour' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'stays to endorse a number in' is the wordplay.
'stays' becomes 'corset' ('corset' can be a synonym of 'stays').
'to endorse a number' becomes 'l' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'corset' enclosing 'l' is 'CORSLET'.

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(Another definition for corslet that I've seen is " Piece of armour".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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