West Indian officer on the carpet (6)

I believe the answer is:

wilton

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'the carpet' is the definition.
(Wilton is an example)

'west indian officer on' is the wordplay.
'west indian officer' becomes 'wilt' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wilt'+'on'='WILTON'

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(Other definitions for wilton that I've seen before include "Woven carpet with a velvety pile" , "Kind of English woven carpet" , "22 [WILTS] carpet business" , "Could be carpet" , "Type of woven carpet" .)

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