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Takes off edges of enormous cloaks (7)

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I believe the answer is:

escapes

'takes off' is the definition.

'edges of enormous cloaks' is the wordplay.
'edges of' means to remove the middle letters.
'cloaks' becomes 'capes' (cape is a kind of cloak).
'enormous' with its centre taken out is 'es'.
'es'+'capes'='ESCAPES'

(Other definitions for escapes that I've seen before include "Flights" , "Flees" , "Breaks loose" , "Gets free" , "breaks out,gets away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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