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A pie’s turned a dark brown (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sepia

'a dark brown' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a pie's turned' is the wordplay.
'turned' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'pies'='apies'
'apies' anagrammed gives 'SEPIA'.

(Other definitions for sepia that I've seen before include "source of ink" , "Brownish tone associated with old photographs" , "Reddish-brown; cuttlefish ink" , "A greyish brown" , "Sort of drawing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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