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Fancy a tenor badly (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ornate

'fancy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a tenor badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'a'+'tenor'='atenor'
'atenor' anagrammed gives 'ORNATE'.

(Other definitions for ornate that I've seen before include "Rococo" , "Over-elaborate" , "Much-decorated" , "Fancy" , "Decorated with tan ore" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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