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Director redesigned singer’s clothing (8)
Guardian Quiptic #1374 by Carpathian · View full puzzle

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Definition: "clothing"
This is a charade (word combination) with an anagram. A charade builds the answer by putting together multiple parts, and an anagram rearranges letters based on an indicator word.
Start with 'Director' - take just the first letter. Then 'redesigned' is your anagram indicator - rearrange the letters of 'SINGER'S'. Put these two parts together.
Answer: DRESSING | D (first letter of Director) + anagram of SINGER'S (indicated by 'redesigned') = D + RESSING = DRESSING (clothing)
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