Pen German song about Society in elaborate fashion? (8)

I believe the answer is:

stylised

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'pen german song about society in elaborate fashion?' is the definition.
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'pen german song about society' is the wordplay.
'pen' becomes 'sty' (both can mean an animal enclosure).
'german song' becomes 'lied' ('song' in German).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'lied' enclosing 's' is 'lised'.
'sty'+'lised'='STYLISED'

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(Other definitions for stylised that I've seen before include "Traditional" , "Of conventional form" .)

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