The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 4 letter word SUNDAY BEST
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More clues leading to the result SUNDAY BEST
- Top Gear star appearing with famous interviewer and footballer
- Use standby shifts for special clothes
- Midweek presumably not ideal for church clothes perhaps
- Worse for wear after Saturday night? Quite the opposite!
- Smart outfit? Yes, but smeared with sand
- ‘Top Gear’ star on prime time previously
- Glad rags say debt is settled, led by tabloid
- Model busy and is in French finery
- ‘Pudding!’ announced by footballer in glad rags
- Suit in church perhaps moved by sad tunes
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The straight part
We know that "top gear (smartest clothes)" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case top gear (smartest clothes) = sunday best.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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