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Suit: fine one, choice clothes (5)

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I believe the answer is:

befit

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'suit' is the definition.
(I know that suit can be written as befit)

'fine one choice clothes' is the wordplay.
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'one choice' becomes 'beit' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'clothes' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters clothe or cover others).
'f' put within 'beit' is 'BEFIT'.

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(Other definitions for befit that I've seen before include "Be right and suitable for" , "Be appropriate for" , "Become, suit" .)

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