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Farm workers start to trade in dye (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pigment

'dye' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'farm workers start to trade' is the wordplay.
'farm workers' becomes 'pigmen' (pigman can mean a man who looks after pigs).
'start to' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'trade' is 't'.
'pigmen'+'t'='PIGMENT'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for pigment that I've seen before include "Colour or dye" , "become imbued" , "Colouring matter" , "Paint" , "Colouring substance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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