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Blue truck flipped on heavy side (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

navy

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'blue' is the definition.
(shade of blue)

'truck flipped on heavy side' is the wordplay.
'truck' becomes 'van' (van is a kind of truck).
'flipped' says the letters should be written backwards.
'on heavy side' becomes 'y' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'van' reversed gives 'nav'.
'nav'+'y'='NAVY'

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(Other definitions for navy that I've seen before include "Nation's warships" , "Marine force" , "Colour; fighting force" , "military arm" , "Shade of the marine forces" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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