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Mosaic sale settled after a fashion (11)

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I believe the answer is:

tessellated

'mosaic' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'sale settled after a fashion' is the wordplay.
'after a fashion' indicates an anagram (letters re-fashioned).
'sale'+'settled'='salesettled'
'salesettled' with letters rearranged gives 'TESSELLATED'.

(Other definitions for tessellated that I've seen before include "as plane may be filled up" , "came together perfectly" , "Decorated with mosaics" , "mosaic being so?" , "fitted together perfectly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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