Fool mending faulty carpeting (10)

I believe the answer is:

condemning

'carpeting' is the definition.
(carpet can informally mean to criticise heavily)

'fool mending faulty' is the wordplay.
'fool' becomes 'con'.
'faulty' indicates an anagram.
'mending' anagrammed gives 'demning'.
'con'+'demning'='CONDEMNING'

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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