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Woman’s clothes said to be shaggy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hirsute

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

'woman's clothes said' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'said' could be 't' (I've seen this in other clues) and 't' is located in the answer.
'woman' could be 'sue' and 'sue' is found within the remaining letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for hirsute that I've seen before include "Covered with hair" , "Unshaven" , "covered in hairs" , "Bearded" , "Hairy and shaggy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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