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Covered with gold leaf or paint (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gilded

(Other definitions for gilded that I've seen before include "Gold-plated" , "Given coat of gold" , "Not marble, nor the - monuments / Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme (Shak., Sonnet 55)" , "Covered as if with gold" , "Gold-covered" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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