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A shade right-wing, like Edward III primarily (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

royal blue

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'a shade' is the definition.
(shade of blue)

'right-wing like edward iii primarily' is the wordplay.
'right-wing' becomes 'blue' (blue is the colour of the Conservative Party).
'like edward iii' becomes 'royal' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'primarily' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'blue' after 'royal' is 'ROYAL BLUE'.

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(Other definitions for royal blue that I've seen before include "A shade Conservative" , "Deep rich shade of colour" , "(Regal?) colour" , "Queen's shade?" , "Dark colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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