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Cook wraps poorly with fancy trimmings (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frilly

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'fancy trimmings' is the definition.
'frilly' can be an answer for 'fancy' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'trimmings' bit.

'cook wraps poorly' is the wordplay.
'cook' becomes 'fry' (frying is a kind of cooking).
'wraps' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters get wrapped up).
'poorly' becomes 'ill' (synonyms).
'fry' going around 'ill' is 'FRILLY'.

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for frilly that I've seen before include "Having flounces, ruffles, etc" , "Fancy" , "ruffled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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