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Ezra confused about uniform blue (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

azure

'blue' is the definition.
(azure is a kind of blue)

'ezra confused about uniform' is the wordplay.
'confused' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'uniform' becomes 'u' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'ezra' with letters rearranged gives 'azre'.
'azre' enclosing 'u' is 'AZURE'.

(Other definitions for azure that I've seen before include "Description of sky, perhaps" , "Heraldic blue" , "heraldic colour?" , "Blue like the sky" , "Bright blue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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