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Equipment found by small children's camp? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kitsch

'camp?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'equipment found by small children's' is the wordplay.
'equipment' becomes 'kit' (kit is a kind of equipment).
'found by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'children' becomes 'ch' (genealogical abbreviation).
'kit'+'s'+'ch'='KITSCH'

(Other definitions for kitsch that I've seen before include "Trashy, vulgar" , "Poor taste" , "Inferior art" , "Garishly sentimental items" , "Trash, trashy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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