In awful waiting room, before leaving town, found paper folded in complicated way (7)

I believe the answer is:

origami

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'paper folded in complicated way' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for origami that I've seen before include "Making of paper shape" , "US record label" , "work from folder" , "I'm a giro (anag)" , "that's folding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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