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Composer meeting King George is appearing in green (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

verdigris

'green' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'composer meeting king george is appearing' is the wordplay.
'composer' becomes 'verdi' (I've seen this before**).
'meeting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'king' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation for rex).
'george' becomes 'g'.
'appearing' is an anagram indicator.
'r'+'g'+'is'='rgis'
'rgis' is an anagram of 'gris'.
'verdi'+'gris'='VERDIGRIS'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for verdigris that I've seen before include "Green deposit" , "oxidation" , "Patina on copper" , "Greenish-blue coat on copper" , "Greenish blue coating on copper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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