Indian archway not suitably constructed to frame ancient deity (5)
I believe the answer is:
toran
'indian archway' is the definition.
'not suitably constructed to frame ancient deity' is the wordplay.
'suitably constructed' indicates an anagram.
'to frame' indicates putting letters inside.
'ancient deity' becomes 'ra' (Egyptian god).
'not' is an anagram of 'ton'.
'ton' going around 'ra' is 'TORAN'.
(Another definition for toran that I've seen is " Gateway".)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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