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Beautiful rug, so oil damaged (8)

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I believe the answer is:

glorious

'beautiful' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'rug so oil damaged' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rug'+'so'+'oil'='rugsooil'
'rugsooil' with letters rearranged gives 'GLORIOUS'.

(Other definitions for glorious that I've seen before include "Fine" , "Splendid, excellent" , "'Magnificent, splendid (8)'" , "Splendid - delightful - eminent" , "Magnificent; our Revolution" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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