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Tasteless items of jewellery? A couple mentioned in rap (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tattoo

'rap' is the definition.
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'tasteless items of jewellery? a couple mentioned' is the wordplay.
'tasteless items of jewellery?' becomes 'tat'.
'a couple' becomes 'two' (I've seen this before).
'mentioned' shows a homophone (sound like).
'two' is a homophone of 'too'.
'tat'+'too'='TATTOO'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tattoo that I've seen before include "signal to return to base" , "Military display - picture on the skin" , "Indelible picture made in the skin" , "Edinburgh military parade" , "Edinburgh show" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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