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Deepen colour of chest in study (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

darken

'deepen colour of' is the definition.
(make something deeper in colour)

'chest in study' is the wordplay.
'chest' becomes 'ark' (historical term for a chest).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'study' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office).
'ark' going inside 'den' is 'DARKEN'.

(Other definitions for darken that I've seen before include "Grow less light" , "Dim" , "shade" , "Cloud over" , "Make less light" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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