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Beauty clasping trimmed gemstone trinket (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bagatelle

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'trinket' is the definition.
(I have seen 'lovely trinket' mean 'bagatelle' so perhaps 'trinket' could also mean 'bagatelle')

'beauty clasping trimmed gemstone' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'gemstone' could be 'agate' (agate is a kind of gemstone) and 'agate' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for bagatelle that I've seen before include "Pinball game - something of little value" , "lovely trinket" , "Trivial matter" , "shooting game" , "Game; piece of music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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