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A blue novel about endless sex apt to be drawn on? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

useable

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'apt to be drawn on?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'a blue novel about endless sex' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates an anagram (letters in a new or novel order).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'a'+'blue'='ablue'
'ablue' with letters rearranged gives 'uable'.
'sex' with its final letter removed is 'se'.
'uable' enclosing 'se' is 'USEABLE'.

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(Another definition for useable that I've seen is " deployed".)

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