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This will show when undressed (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roughhewn

'undressed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'this will show when' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'when' is 'hewn' which is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'rough' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for roughhewn that I've seen before include "Craggy; unrefined" , "(Of wood or stone) not smoothly cut" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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