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Obvious Romeo uncovered nice ornamented belt (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baldric

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'ornamented belt' is the definition.
'baldric' can be an answer for 'belt' (baldric is a kind of belt). I'm not sure about the 'ornamented' bit.

'obvious romeo uncovered nice' is the wordplay.
'obvious' becomes 'bald'.
'romeo' becomes 'r' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'uncovered' indicates the central letters.
The middle letters of 'nice' are 'ic'.
'bald'+'r'+'ic'='BALDRIC'

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(Other definitions for baldric that I've seen before include "Sword belt" , "Edmund's servant" , "Sword-belt" , "Carrier for weapon" , "Strapping swordsman carried" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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