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Needs hem altering, being tangled up (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enmeshed

'tangled up' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'needs hem altering' is the wordplay.
'altering' indicates anagramming the letters.
'needs'+'hem'='needshem'
'needshem' anagrammed gives 'ENMESHED'.

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for enmeshed that I've seen before include "Caught in as in net" , "Caught (in problem or snare)" , "Tangled up, snarled in" , "Trapped" , "Entangled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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