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In colour, it can be described as great (5)

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titan

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

'in colour it' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'colour' becomes 'tan' (tan is a kind of colour).
'tan' placed around 'it' is 'TITAN'.

'can be described as' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for titan that I've seen before include "Goddess" , "Taint (anag.)" , "An old Greek god - Atlas was one" , "Hyperion, for example" , "Taint in old Greek god" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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