The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ORCHIDS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ORCHIDS
- Flowering plants Doris arranged around church
- Beautiful things Tolkien characters must carry concealed
- Plants Middle-earth’s ogres keep concealed
- Men, in the middle of selection, concealed small flowers
- Sauron’s footsoldiers concealed inside flowers
- Fairy tale brute took cover, beginning to squat in flowers
- Plants: gold little ones, we hear
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The straight part
We know that "Beautiful things" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case beautiful things = orchids.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ORCHIDS mean?
ORCHIDS noun- A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
- A light bluish-red, violet-red or purple colour.