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What's on plate a worry if tipped over finery (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

regalia

'finery' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'what's on plate a worry if tipped' is the wordplay.
'what's on plate' becomes 'reg' (a number plate shows a car's registration number).
'worry' becomes 'ail' (I've seen this before).
'if tipped' is a reversal indicator.
'ail' back-to-front is 'lia'.
'reg'+'a'+'lia'='REGALIA'

'over' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for regalia that I've seen before include "Insignia of royalty or office" , "Ceremonial emblems of high office" , "Array" , "Orb and sceptre etc" , "Royal trappings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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