Fake male accessory with piece missing (3)

Independent Cryptic #12068 | 19 Across | 2025-06-13
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

COD [piece] (a male clothing accessory in the 15th-16th centuries), without the “piece”. Cod, as an adjective = fake, as in “cod Latin” = made-up words that sound like Latin but don’t really mean anything.

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