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Wreathed with flowers, a fish out of water? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

garlanded

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'wreathed with flowers' is the definition.
(a garland is a floral wreath)

'a fish out of water?' is the wordplay.
'a fish' becomes 'gar' (gar is a kind of fish).
'out of water?' becomes 'landed' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'gar'+'landed'='GARLANDED'

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(Other definitions for garlanded that I've seen before include "beset by flowers?" , "bays (around head)" , "Honoured" , "adorned with flowers" , "swathed in leaves" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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