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Colour to fade, reportedly (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dye

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'colour' is the definition.
(dyeing is a kind of colouring)

'fade reportedly' is the wordplay.
'fade' becomes 'dy' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'reportedly' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'dy'+'e'='DYE'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dye that I've seen before include "Liquid used to change colour of clothes" , "Colouring matter" , "Tint" , "Colouring; sounds like fade" , "Soluble substance for staining or colouring" .)

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