The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RAINWEAR
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RAINWEAR
- Cold listener dressing in coat, say?
- Maybe galoshes and mac in war are recycled
- Perhaps Cape Fear, Fahrenheit dropped after cold closes in
- Back carrying excellent north- western waterproofs
- Mac maybe could lessen choice for Spooner
- Artist at home put on repellent clothing
- Artist in river gets attire to reduce risk of getting soaked
- Coats painter put on fashionable pottery, we hear
- Articles of protective clothing in war are badly needed
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The straight part
We know that "Articles of protective clothing" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case articles of protective clothing = rainwear.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does RAINWEAR mean?
RAINWEAR noun- Clothing worn as protection from rain.