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Henna used by church to embellish (7)

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I believe the answer is:

enhance

'embellish' is the definition.
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'henna used by church' is the wordplay.
'used' is an anagram indicator.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'henna' anagrammed gives 'enhan'.
'enhan'+'ce'='ENHANCE'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for enhance that I've seen before include "Improve, make more attractive" , "Improve the quality of (something)" , "Improve quality (of item)" , "Increase attractiveness of, improve" , "Make better or more attractive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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