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Fellow score badly in wall painting? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fresco

'wall painting?' is the definition.
(fresco is a kind of wall painting)

'fellow score badly in' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'badly' is an anagram indicator.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'score' is an anagram of 'resco'.
'f' placed inside 'resco' is 'FRESCO'.

(Other definitions for fresco that I've seen before include "Painting using watercolours on plaster" , "Wall-painting" , "Picture painted on wet plaster" , "Mural painted on wet plaster" , "Artwork" .)

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