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Colour that's fashionable, time after time (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tint

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

'fashionable time after time' is the wordplay.
'fashionable' becomes 'in' (in can mean fashionable or trendy).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'in'+'t'='int'
'int' put after 't' is 'TINT'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tint that I've seen before include "Hue, shade" , "work for coiffeuse?" , "Quality of colour" , "Shade; colour slightly" , "(Softer variety of) colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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