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Colour of old grass? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orange

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

'old grass?' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'grass?' becomes 'range' (grassing is a kind of ranging).
'o'+'range'='ORANGE'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for orange that I've seen before include "Order colour" , "An ogre (anag.)" , "network" , "Onager (anag.)" , "Go earn the fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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