The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TOPLESS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TOPLESS
- Unimaginably high and not fully dressed
- Partly undressed, losing one's head?
- Sets off to bring in work left uncovered
- xposed?
- In this way, prose would be got up, daringly exposed
- Hardy girl acquires old place, revealing chest
- are-chested?
- Slept so badly in a state of deshabille
- Backing group into rock’n’roll is Busted, apparently
- Feverish, so slept with pyjama bottoms only?
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The straight part
We know that "are-chested?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case are-chested? = topless.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TOPLESS mean?
TOPLESS noun- A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open.
- Lacking a top.
- Very high, towering.
- (chiefly of a woman) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.
- (of a place) Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers.
- Not wearing any clothes on the upper body.