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Give a sign to party that's white (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cueball

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'white' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'give a sign to party' is the wordplay.
'give' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a sign' becomes 'cue' (a cue is a sign or signal).
'to party' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of party).
'cue' next to 'ball' is 'CUEBALL'.

'that's' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for cueball that I've seen is " white?".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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