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Bad taste of home furnishings? Let me see (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indecorum

'bad taste' is the definition.
(indecorum can mean bad taste or bad manners)

'home furnishings? let me see' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'furnishings?' becomes 'decor' (decoration of a room).
'let me see' becomes 'um' (both might be said when hesitating).
'in'+'decor'+'um'='INDECORUM'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for indecorum that I've seen before include "unseemly behaviour" , "bad taste" , "Bad behaviour" , "Naughty behaviour" , "Improper behaviour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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