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Colour of deserted boat? Maroon maybe (4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

dark red

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'colour' is the definition.
(dark red is a kind of colour)

'deserted boat? maroon maybe' is the wordplay.
'deserted' becomes 'd'.
'boat?' becomes 'ark' (ark is a kind of boat).
'maroon maybe' becomes 'red' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'd'+'ark'+'red'='DARK RED'

'of' is the link.

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