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SEQUINWord originally for a spangle- or paillette-like flat shiny foil bead for embellishing a garment or a costume (6)
SEQUINSFoil beads for embellishing clothing and accessories which take their name from old Venetian gold co
SHINYLike a spangle or sequin
SPANGLESDiamantes, paillettes or sequins; or, any glittering specks or spots (8)
ORNAMENTA knick-knack or trinket, such as a vase or a Staffordshire figurine; a musical flourish embellishing a melody; anything serving to add beauty, credit, grace or honour; or, said decorations collective
DRAGEEFrench word for a sugared almond, a chocolate chip, a medicated sweet or a silvered candy bead for a cake (6)
BUGLETubular glass bead for textiles; or, an instrument used for military signals (5)
BEADSmall piece of glass, wood or plastic for embellishing fabric (4)
DECORATORWorker embellishing a property (9)
INTAKEAn amount of alcohol, calories, food or oxygen consumed or respired; a cheat; a decrease by knitting/purling two stitches together; a mine airway; or, a narrowing of a garment or a pipe (6)
RAFTERA person who travels by means of a Kon-Tiki-like flat log boat; a flock of turkeys; or, a roof beam (6)
INSETSmall picture or map bounded by a larger one; teacher training day; a piece of fabric stitched to strengthen a garment; or, a Y-seam in quilting or patchwork (5)
LININGInner fabric layer of a curtain or a garment; or, brown paper or mull for strengthening a book's back/spine (6)
VESTUREOld word for clothing or garb; something that cloaks or covers, like a garment; or, in law, that which grows on the land, except trees (7)
PRINTA newspaper; or, a dyed pattern or design on a garment or textile (5)
EDGINGA border on a garment or along a garden path, lawn etc; or, the passementerie, pebbles, sleepers, stones, for example, thus used (6)
RUCHEA frill or pleat of fabric as a decoration on a garment or soft furnishing (5)
MENDA darned or patched-up place on a garment; or, a repair generally (4)
ABACUSA block or tablet on the capital of a classical architectural column; or, a frame with beads for counting units, tens, hundreds etc, that is the ancient ancestor of the modern calculator (6)
DARTOne of a series of tucks used by dressmaker to shape a garment; or, a missile thrown in a pub game (4)