The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GARLAND
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GARLAND
- Fish on estate, perhaps, getting floral decoration
- Old material put up, secure decoration
- Most of clothes left with child star
- Fish to catch for Judy?
- Leaves fish out of water, might one suppose?
- Singer‘s floral ornament
- Left kid upside down with wreath
- Guy’s partner overcomes resistance with bunch of flowers
- Good idea finally to overlay both sides with flowers
- Cloth around light forming a sort of decoration
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The straight part
We know that "daisy chain, perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case daisy chain, perhaps = garland.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GARLAND mean?
GARLAND noun- A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- The crown of a monarch.
- A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- To deck or ornament something with a garland
- To form something into a garland