The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word INLAY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result INLAY
- One new place for decorative work
- Decorative work popular with amateur
- Type of woodwork popular with non-specialist
- Decorative work: little daughter thus becomes grown woman
- Popular amateur marquetry
- Set popular song
- Chase popular song
- Insert in ballad
- Popular place for mosaic perhaps
- . Set inelegantly, not gentle art work
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The straight part
We know that "decorative work" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case decorative work = inlay.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 INLAY mean?
INLAY noun- The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
- A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.
- The piece of paper or the booklet inside the case of a CD or DVD
- To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
- To place an inlay in a tooth.