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Best colour for the top coat? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cream

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'best' is the definition.
(both can mean the elite)

'colour for the top coat?' is the wordplay.
'colour' becomes 'ream' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'the top' says to take the initial letters (in a down clue, the first letter is top).
The first letter of 'coat' is 'c'.
'ream' put after 'c' is 'CREAM'.

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(Other definitions for cream that I've seen before include "Beat" , "Dairy product" , "Top of milk or society" , "Top or best part" , "Thick milk" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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