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Carpets woven in ranges of colours (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spectra

'ranges of colours' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'carpets woven' is the wordplay.
'woven' is an anagram indicator.
'carpets' anagrammed gives 'SPECTRA'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for spectra that I've seen before include "Entire ranges of colour" , "Bands of refracted colours" , "Whole ranges" , "Carpets (anag.)" , "After-images" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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