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Gold jaguars Inca regularly displayed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

auric

'gold' is the definition.
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'jaguars inca regularly displayed' is the wordplay.
'regularly displayed' means one should take alternating letters (letters selected on a regular basis).
'jaguars'+'inca'='jaguarsinca'
The alternate letters of 'jaguarsinca' are 'AURIC'.

(Other definitions for auric that I've seen before include "Hugh -, Labour party leader" , "Golden" , "Pertaining to gold" , "French composer" , "- Goldfinger (Bond)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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