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Colouring by hand drawn by the old you (3-3)

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I believe the answer is:

tie-dye

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'colouring' is the definition.
(I know that tie dye is a type of dyeing)

'hand drawn by the old you' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'drawn' could be 'tied' ('tie' can be a synonym of 'draw') and 'tied' is found in the answer.
'you' could be 'ye' (historical version of 'you') and 'ye' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tie-dye that I've seen before include "Method of colouring garment in which it is knotted" , "Colour (cloth) in a particular way" , "hippies do this" , "Clothing style" , "method of patterning textiles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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