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Foot covering isn't decorated (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

painted

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

'foot covering isn't' is the wordplay.
'foot' becomes 'pad' (padding is a kind of footing).
'covering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'isn't' becomes 'inte' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pad' going around 'inte' is 'PAINTED'.

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(Other definitions for painted that I've seen before include "described" , "Pan diet (anag) - put on canvas" , "made up" , "Decorated" , "Coated with colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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