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With paper around, secures floral decorations (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

garlands

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'decorations' is the definition.
(garland is a kind of decoration)

'with paper around secures floral' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'with' could be 'and' and 'and' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for garlands that I've seen before include "flower arrangements" , "Circular bands of flowers" , "Wreaths of flowers" , "Festive wreaths" .)

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