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Could be a Mexican fancy chair ornament (5,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

north american

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'could be a mexican' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'fancy chair ornament' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'chair'+'ornament'='chairornament'
'chairornament' is an anagram of 'NORTH-AMERICAN'.

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(Other definitions for north american that I've seen before include "like Getty or Rockefeller, say" , "like Justin Trudeau" , "Continental" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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