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A fine headdress means nothing, covered in ice-cream! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coronet

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'a fine headdress' is the definition.
'coronet' can be an answer for 'headdress' (coronet is a kind of headdress). I am unsure of the 'a fine' bit.

'nothing covered in ice-cream' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'covered in' indicates putting letters inside.
'ice-cream' becomes 'cornet' (I've seen this before).
'o' going into 'cornet' is 'CORONET'.

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(Other definitions for coronet that I've seen before include "emblem of rank" , "mark of noble rank?" , "Jewelled headgear for peer" , "Sub-lieutenant" , "Jewelled circlet for the head" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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