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Dark coloured head and forehead on knight (3-5)

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I believe the answer is:

nut-brown

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'dark coloured' is the definition.
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'head and forehead on knight' is the wordplay.
'head' becomes 'nut' (informal term for somebody's head).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'forehead' becomes 'brow' (synonyms).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'knight' becomes 'N' (chess abbreviation).
'nut'+'brow'+'n'='NUT-BROWN'

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