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Gold pieces first stuck on – how cute! – candelabrum (7)

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I believe the answer is:

menorah

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

'gold pieces first stuck on how cute' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'pieces' becomes 'men' (man can mean a chess piece).
'first' says to put letters next to each other.
'stuck on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go above others).
'how cute' becomes 'ah' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'or' after 'men' is 'menor'.
'menor'+'ah'='MENORAH'

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(Other definitions for menorah that I've seen before include "lampstand" , "In piece of Jewish ritual" , "Candelabrum used in Jewish worship" , "Branched candelabrum, symbol of 45 dn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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