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Cosmetic agreement had misery rising all around (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

eye shadow

'cosmetic' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'agreement had misery rising all around' is the wordplay.
'agreement' becomes 'yes'.
'misery' becomes 'woe' (woe is a kind of misery).
'rising' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'all around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'woe' back-to-front is 'eow'.
'yes'+'had'='yeshad'
'yeshad' inserted into 'eow' is 'EYE SHADOW'.

(Other definitions for eye shadow that I've seen before include "Facial cosmetic" , "Type of make-up" , "Colouring cosmetic" , "Kind of warpaint?" , "This could improve your appearance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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