Index: core.js
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--- core.js	(revision 5790)
+++ core.js	(working copy)
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
 	clone: function( events ) {
 		// Do the clone
 		var ret = this.map(function(){
-			if ( jQuery.browser.msie && !jQuery.isXMLDoc(this) ) {
+			return jQuery.browser.msie && !jQuery.isXMLDoc(this) ?
 				// IE copies events bound via attachEvent when
 				// using cloneNode. Calling detachEvent on the
 				// clone will also remove the events from the orignal
@@ -283,12 +283,9 @@
 				// attributes in IE that are actually only stored
 				// as properties will not be copied (such as the
 				// the name attribute on an input).
-				var clone = this.cloneNode(true),
-					container = document.createElement("div");
-				container.appendChild(clone);
-				return jQuery.clean([container.innerHTML])[0];
-			} else
-				return this.cloneNode(true);
+				jQuery.clean([this.outerHTML], this)[0] :
+				// W3C
+				this.cloneNode(true);
 		});
 
 		// Need to set the expando to null on the cloned set if it exists