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Decorated or terribly neat (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ornate

'decorated' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'or terribly neat' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'neat' with letters rearranged gives 'nate'.
'or'+'nate'='ORNATE'

(Other definitions for ornate that I've seen before include "Detailed" , "Over-decorated" , "Elaborately decorated, perhaps overdone" , "Fancy" , "(Of literary style) complex and with unusual words" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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