The novel beauty of Camberwell (5)

I believe the answer is:

amber

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'the novel beauty' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'of camberwell' is the wordplay.
'of' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'AMBER' can be found hidden inside 'camberwell'.

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(Other definitions for amber that I've seen before include "warning signal" , "Yellow, translucent fossil resin" , "Prepare-to-stop signal" , "Girl" , "Ornamental fossil resin" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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