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All characters next to river that's blue (5)

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azure

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'that's blue' is the definition.
(azure is a kind of blue)

'all characters next to river' is the wordplay.
'all characters' becomes 'az' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'next to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'river' becomes 'ure' (River Ure).
'az'+'ure'='AZURE'

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(Other definitions for azure that I've seen before include "Shade of blue" , "Deep blue colour" , "Heraldic blue" , "Bright blue" , "Description of sky, perhaps" .)

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