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Book with sticker not good to waste (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blue

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'waste' is the definition.
(blue can mean to squander or waste)

'book with sticker not good' is the wordplay.
'book with' becomes 'b' (abbreviation for book. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'sticker' becomes 'glue' (I've seen this in another clue).
'not' is a deletion indicator.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'glue' with 'g' taken out is 'lue'.
'b'+'lue'='BLUE'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for blue that I've seen before include "This could be royal or navy" , "Sunny sky or low spirits" , "Dismal" , "Dispirited in cerulean way" , "Sky-coloured" .)

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