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Undergarment almost completely chaste (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vestal

'chaste' is the definition.
('vestal' can be similar in meaning to 'chaste')

'undergarment almost completely' is the wordplay.
'undergarment' becomes 'vest' (vest is a kind of undergarment).
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'completely' becomes 'all' ('all' can be a synonym of 'completely').
'all' with its last letter taken off is 'al'.
'vest'+'al'='VESTAL'

(Other definitions for vestal that I've seen before include "Fat for candles/soap" , "Modest female" , "Woman dedicated to celibacy" , "Consecrated Roman virgin" , "Chaste (Roman priestess)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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