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Dye said to fade (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

die

'fade' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'dye said' is the wordplay.
'said' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'dye' is a homophone of 'DIE'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for die that I've seen before include "On stage, suffer" , "Kick the bucket" , "Engraved device that stamps design on coins" , "Cease to live" , "one proverbially straight" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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