Fancy scam from Sacramento (6)

I believe the answer is:

ornate

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'fancy scam from sacramento' is the definition.
'ornate' can be an answer for 'fancy' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'scam from sacramento' bit.

'fancy scam from sacramento' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates an anagram.
'from' suggests deleting specific letters.
'sacramento' with 'scam' removed is 'raento'.
'raento' is an anagram of 'ORNATE'.

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(Other definitions for ornate that I've seen before include "Richly decorative" , "Over-elaborate" , "Fancy" , "Highly embellished" , "Flash" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.

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