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Brilliant twins coming to a bad end (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vivid

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'brilliant' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'twins coming to a bad end' is the wordplay.
'twins coming' becomes 'vivi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'end' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'bad' is 'd'.
'vivi'+'d'='VIVID'

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(Other definitions for vivid that I've seen before include "Intense" , "Lifelike, striking" , "Intensely striking in colour" , "Intensely deep/bright" , "Brilliantly coloured - full of life" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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