The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word APPAREL
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result APPAREL
- Kit sappers packed in dismay
- In disgust, touching garments
- Clothes appear out on line
- Clothes appear to be tangled on line
- Outrage about sappers being responsible for gear
- Clothing it's normal to take off clothes line
- Look less English, after putting on the Spanish clothes
- Alarm when engineers put in anything worn
- Clothes engineers wear to shock
- Fancy gear mostly obvious on the left
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The straight part
We know that "Fancy gear" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fancy gear = apparel.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 APPAREL mean?
APPAREL noun- Clothing.
- Aspect, guise, form.
- A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
- The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
- To dress or clothe; to attire.
- To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
- To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental