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Film award expected to decorate stunning model (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

palme dor

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'film award' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'expected to decorate stunning model' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'model' is 'lmedo' which is located in the answer.
'expected' could be 'par' (as in 'par for the course') and 'par' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for palme dor that I've seen is " Cinema award".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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