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Decorated parts of large garden, fencing apart (9)

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I believe the answer is:

paintwork

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'decorated parts of large' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'garden fencing apart' is the wordplay.
'garden' becomes 'park' (I have seen 'Public garden ' mean 'park' so perhaps 'garden' could also mean 'park').
'fencing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to fence can mean to contain or put a limit round).
'apart' becomes 'in two' (as in 'split in two').
'park' enclosing 'intwo' is 'PAINTWORK'.

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(Other definitions for paintwork that I've seen before include "Decoration" , "Coats maybe" , "matt and gloss?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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