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Ornamental band on wall could turn to ice, we hear (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frieze

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'ornamental band' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ice we hear' is the wordplay.
'ice' becomes 'freeze' (I've seen this before).
'we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'freeze' is a homophone of 'FRIEZE'.

'on wall could turn to' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for frieze that I've seen before include "Part of temple wall" , "Decorative horizontal band" , "Rough, heavy cloth or decorative wall band" , "Very greedy eater" , "Decorator's band" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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