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Accept admirer exchanging tips for quick holiday colour (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fake tan

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'accept admirer exchanging tips' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'quick holiday colour' is the wordplay.
'quick holiday' becomes 'fake' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'colour' becomes 'tan' (tanning is a kind of colouring).
'fake'+'tan'='FAKE TAN'

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