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Tom’s not in love with this garment (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coat

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'love with this garment' is the definition.
'coat' can be an answer for 'garment' (coat is a kind of garment). I am not sure about the rest of the definition.

'tom's not in' is the wordplay.
'tom' becomes 'cat' (I have seen 'A tom ' mean 'cat' so perhaps 'tom' could also mean 'cat').
'not' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'cat' placed around 'o' is 'COAT'.

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(Other definitions for coat that I've seen before include "Warm outerwear" , "Overgarment" , "Fleece" , "Outer garment" , "Outer covering" .)

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