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Dress up right, with solicitor around (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

primp

'dress up' is the definition.
(primping is a kind of dressing up)

'right with solicitor around' is the wordplay.
'right with' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'solicitor' becomes 'pimp' (person who solicits clients for prostitutes).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'r' going within 'pimp' is 'PRIMP'.

(Other definitions for primp that I've seen before include "Titivate one's appearance" , "Tart up" , "Make small adjustments to one's appearance" , "brush?" , "Groom oneself elaborately" .)

I've seen this clue in the Independent.
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