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Exceedingly lavish taxing across border? (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overgenerous

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'exceedingly lavish' is the definition.
'overgenerous' can be an answer for 'lavish' (synonyms). I am not certain of the 'exceedingly' bit.

'taxing across border?' is the wordplay.
'taxing' becomes 'onerous' (synonyms).
'across' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'border?' becomes 'verge' (verging is a kind of bordering).
'onerous' enclosing 'verge' is 'OVERGENEROUS'.

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(Other definitions for overgenerous that I've seen before include "Giving too much away" , "extremely charitable" , "too liberal?" , "Too bountiful" .)

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