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Colour of container on top of table (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tint

'colour' is the definition.
(tint is a kind of colour)

'container on top of table' is the wordplay.
'container' becomes 'tin' (tin is a kind of container**).
'on top of' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'on top' mean this).
The first letter of 'table' is 't'.
'tin'+'t'='TINT'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tint that I've seen before include "Hue, shade" , "Hair dye" , "Shade; colour slightly" , "A slighth shade of colour" , "A slight shade of colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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