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Elaborately decorated but near to collapse (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ornate

'elaborately decorated' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'near to collapse' is the wordplay.
'collapse' indicates an anagram.
'near'+'to'='nearto'
'nearto' with letters rearranged gives 'ORNATE'.

'but' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ornate that I've seen before include "Over-decorated" , "Ostentatious" , "(Of literary style) complex and with unusual words" , "Highly decorated" , "Highly embellished" .)

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