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Rigid feel disguised with delicate ornamentation (9)

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filigreed

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'rigid feel disguised with delicate ornamentation' is the definition.
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'rigid feel disguised' is the wordplay.
'disguised' indicates an anagram.
'rigid'+'feel'='rigidfeel'
'rigidfeel' is an anagram of 'FILIGREED'.

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(Other definitions for filigreed that I've seen before include "involving gold and silver" , "Delicately ornamented" .)

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