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A suggestion can get detailed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tinge

'a suggestion' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'can get detailed' is the wordplay.
'can' becomes 'tin' ('tin' can be a synonym of 'can'**).
'detailed' means to remove the last letter (the word must be end-less or 'de-tailed').
'get' with its final letter removed is 'ge'.
'tin'+'ge'='TINGE'

(Other definitions for tinge that I've seen before include "show a bit of colour ?" , "Slight amount of colour" , "Suffuse" , "Colour slightly; trace" , "Smattering" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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