__ blue (Ivy League hue) (3)

I believe the answer is:

eli

(Other definitions for eli that I've seen before include "Highest priest at Shiloh" , "- Wallach, US actor" , "- Whitney invented the cotton gin in seventeen ninety three" , "Man's name" , "Priest, teacher of Samuel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.com and the Newsday.

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