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Are not carved or over-embellished (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ornate

'over-embellished' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'are not carved' is the wordplay.
'carved' indicates anagramming the letters.
'are'+'not'='arenot'
'arenot' with letters rearranged gives 'ORNATE'.

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for ornate that I've seen before include "Detailed" , "Highly decorated" , "(Of literary style) complex and with unusual words" , "Richly adorned and elaborate" , "Richly or elaborately decorated" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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