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Decorated with diamonds above and below (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iced

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'above and below' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'decorated with diamonds' is the wordplay.
'decorated' becomes 'd' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'diamonds' becomes 'ice' (slang term for diamonds).
'd' after 'ice' is 'ICED'.

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(Other definitions for iced that I've seen before include "Chilled - killed" , "Decorated; killed" , "Decorated with sugary mixture" , "Made very cold" , "Decorated (a cake)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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