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Band still in fashion? On the contrary (3,3)

THE WHO

Why "The Who"?

credit to Paulmcl@the times
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""think THE WHO works by being HEW (fashion) in THO (still). With the last bit of the clue saying they go in the other way around from what the first part of the clue says.""

It's a play on words...
"The Who" = band (def)

But if they were out of fashion and someone referred to them , you might say "The Who?" in a questioning tone.

Thanks Cerasus, I was in the 'Elle' camp and just assumed it was a cryptic/humorous play on words - that 'Paulmcl@thetimes parsing completely passed me by.

Yes, me too, Brendan. Paul is a clever cookie

That is certainly a clever interpretation ….but I was quite happy with my more feeble effort!