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Where in France aunt Vera travels around - in style (3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

art nouveau

'style' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'where in france aunt vera travels around' is the wordplay.
'where in france' becomes 'ou' ('where' in French).
'travels' is an anagram indicator.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'aunt'+'vera'='auntvera'
'auntvera' with letters rearranged gives 'artnveau'.
'ou' going into 'artnveau' is 'ART NOUVEAU'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for art nouveau that I've seen before include "Beardsley's stuff" , "1890s' French style" , "Decorative style (of flowing curves, floral motifs)" , "Intricate style of decoration" , "1890s design style" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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