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Blood type: bloody (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kindred

'blood' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'type bloody' is the wordplay.
'type' becomes 'kind' (I've seen this before).
'bloody' becomes 'red'.
'kind'+'red'='KINDRED'

(Other definitions for kindred that I've seen before include "Related; similar in kind" , "Relationship by blood" , "Affinity" , "Similarity in character" , "Related by blood - having similar qualities" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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