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Fancy being born late without leaders (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ornate

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

'being born late without leaders' is the wordplay.
'being' becomes 'or' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'born' becomes 'n'.
'without leaders' means to remove the first letter (I've seen 'without leader' mean this).
'late' with its initial letter taken off is 'ate'.
'or'+'n'+'ate'='ORNATE'

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(Other definitions for ornate that I've seen before include "Much-decorated" , "Heavily decorated" , "Richly decorated, perhaps too much so" , "Sumptuously decorated" , "Highly decorative" .)

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