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Met to design European carving (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

totempole

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'carving' is the definition.
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'met to design european' is the wordplay.
'met' says to put letters next to each other.
'to design' becomes 'totem' (totem is a kind of design).
'european' becomes 'pole' (someone from Poland).
'totem' next to 'pole' is 'TOTEMPOLE'.

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