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Suited with tie and, primarily, evening dress (7)

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I believe the answer is:

matched

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'suited' is the definition.
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'tie and primarily evening dress' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'tie' could be 'match' (I've seen this before) and 'match' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for matched that I've seen before include "Equalised" , "Was compatible with" , "having opposition" , "Equal (in quality or strength)" , "Equalled; paired" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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