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Drained of blood - like poultry (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ashen

'drained of blood' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'like poultry' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'poultry' becomes 'hen' (hen is a kind of poultry).
'as'+'hen'='ASHEN'

(Other definitions for ashen that I've seen before include "bleached" , "Having gone pale" , "Livid" , "Very pale, with shock or fear" , "may be pale with shock" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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