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Two sorts of hose, almost flawless (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

watertight

'flawless' is the definition.

'two sorts of hose almost' is the wordplay.
'two sorts of' becomes 'water' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hose' becomes 'tights' ('tights' can be a synonym of 'hose').
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'tights' with its final letter removed is 'tight'.
'water'+'tight'='WATERTIGHT'

(Other definitions for watertight that I've seen before include "Unassailable" , "seaworthy" , "Impermeable - unbreakable" , "Without loopholes" , "Impregnable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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