Combine tastefully and finish with a bit of blue (5)
I believe the answer is:
blend
'combine' is the definition.
(I know that combine can be written as blend)
'tastefully and finish with a bit of blue' is the wordplay.
'tastefully' becomes 'len' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'finish' suggests the final letters.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a bit of' suggests taking the first letters.
The final letter of 'and' is 'd'.
The initial letter of 'blue' is 'b'.
'len'+'d'='lend'
'lend' put after 'b' is 'BLEND'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for blend that I've seen before include "Mix and combine" , "Intermix" , "Amalgamate" , "Fusion" , "Mix together" .)