Struggled against changing into a dress-tie (8)

I believe the answer is:

resisted

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'struggled against' is the definition.
(resisting is a kind of struggling against)

'changing into a dress-tie' is the wordplay.
'dress-tie' can be anagrammed to 'RESISTED'.
However, I am not clear how the anagram is indicated.

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(Other definitions for resisted that I've seen before include "Put up opposition from editress" , "Opposed, fought against" , "Took stand with editress" , "Withstood a force" , "Stood firm against a force" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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