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Glaring when I take out the blueprint (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plain

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'glaring' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for plain that I've seen before include "Ordinary; area of land" , "Unembellished" , "Unvarnished" , "Not complicated" , "Simple - flatland" .)

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