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Terrible gala, nice cake decoration (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angelica

'cake decoration' is the definition.
(angelica stalks are used to decorate cakes)

'terrible gala nice' is the wordplay.
'terrible' is an anagram indicator.
'gala'+'nice'='galanice'
'galanice' is an anagram of 'ANGELICA'.

(Other definitions for angelica that I've seen before include "Wild plant, often crystallised" , "may be sitting on top of the trifle" , "Herb" , "Candied stems of a plant" , "Nag Alice to get fragrant plant" .)

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