Cosmetic discovered, abhorrent to American (10,5)
I believe the answer is:
foundation cream
'cosmetic' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'discovered abhorrent to american' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'discovered' could be 'found' (to discover is to find) and 'found' is present in the answer.
'american' could be 'am' (abbreviation in some contexts) and 'am' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
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I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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