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European guided by reputation decorated in New York (8)

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I believe the answer is:

enameled

'decorated in new york' is the definition.
(US spelling of 'enamelled')

'european guided by reputation' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'guided' becomes 'led' (similar in meaning).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'reputation' becomes 'name' (someone's good name is their reputation).
'led' after 'name' is 'nameled'.
'e'+'nameled'='ENAMELED'

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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