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Try this outside suit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hearts

'suit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'try this outside' is the wordplay.
'try' becomes 'hear' (as in to try someone in court or hear their case**).
'outside' means to remove the middle letters.
'this' with its centre taken out is 'ts'.
'hear'+'ts'='HEARTS'

(Other definitions for hearts that I've seen before include "not clubs" , "Playing-card suit" , "Suit in pack" , "Cores" , "Central parts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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