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Fancy a tenor being badly prepared (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ornate

'fancy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a tenor being badly prepared' is the wordplay.
'being badly prepared' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'a'+'tenor'='atenor'
'atenor' with letters rearranged gives 'ORNATE'.

(Other definitions for ornate that I've seen before include "Rich in decorative detail" , "Are not (anag.)" , "Richly decorative" , "Florid" , "Richly adorned and elaborate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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