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Expatriate crumpled clothing of an off-white colour (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ecru

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'colour' is the definition.
(ecru is a kind of colour)

'expatriate crumpled clothing of an off-white' is the wordplay.
'ECRU' is hidden in amongst the letters.
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(Other definitions for ecru that I've seen before include "Greyish white" , "Buff colour" , "Stange cure for a colour" , "Colour of unbleached linen" , "off-white" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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