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Brown as pie mixture (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sepia

'brown' is the definition.
(I know that sepia is a type of brown)

'as pie mixture' is the wordplay.
'mixture' is an anagram indicator.
'as'+'pie'='aspie'
'aspie' anagrammed gives 'SEPIA'.

(Other definitions for sepia that I've seen before include "Colour of old photographs" , "Sort of drawing" , "Brown with a red tinge" , "brownish colour" , "Old drawing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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