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Unlikely to chill, no brief garment (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loincloth

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'brief garment' is the definition.
'loincloth' can be an answer for 'garment' (loincloth is a kind of garment). I'm unsure of the 'brief' bit.

'unlikely to chill no' is the wordplay.
'unlikely' indicates anagramming the letters (an unlikely spelling of the letters).
'to'+'chill'+'no'='tochillno'
'tochillno' anagrammed gives 'LOINCLOTH'.

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(Other definitions for loincloth that I've seen before include "Minimal garment" , "Simple garment" , "Sort of dhoti" , "Garment Indian may have" , "scanty garment" .)

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