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Fading and dingy, maybe (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dying

'fading' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'dingy maybe' is the wordplay.
'maybe' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dingy' is an anagram of 'DYING'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dying that I've seen before include "On one's last legs" , "Starting to stop!" , "Failing to get laughs" , "final" , "Coluring, hair or fabric" .)

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