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The price of a suit? (5,7)

Ross

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5

5,7
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'the price of a suit' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'the' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'coss' 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).

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(Other definitions for costs that I've seen before include "Expenditure" , "Is priced at" , "is expensive" , "prices" , "Fees" .)

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