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Like some flooring? Ring province up (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inlaid

'like some flooring?' is the definition.

'ring province up' is the wordplay.
'ring' becomes 'dial' (I've seen this before).
'province' becomes 'ni' (I've seen this in other clues).
'up' says the letters should be written backwards (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'dial'+'ni'='dialni'
'dialni' back-to-front is 'INLAID'.

(Other definitions for inlaid that I've seen before include "Set into the surface for decoration" , "With embedded design" , "(Of gems) embedded" , "Like embedded material" , "kind of decorative work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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