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Worry about returning odd bits of yellow fabric (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

polyester

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'fabric' is the definition.
(polyester is a kind of fabric)

'worry about returning odd bits of yellow' is the wordplay.
'worry' becomes 'pester' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'returning' is a reversal indicator.
'odd bits of' indicates alternate letters.
The alternating letters of 'yellow' are 'ylo'.
'ylo' backwards is 'oly'.
'pester' going around 'oly' is 'POLYESTER'.

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(Other definitions for polyester that I've seen before include "Synthetic fibre or substance" , "This material goes out to Presley" , "Synthetic textile" , "Man-made fibre" , "Stole prey (anag) - synthetic material" .)

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