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Like a flush in hearts or diamonds (3)

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I believe the answer is:

red

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'like' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'a flush in hearts or diamonds' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'diamonds' could be 'd' (abbreviation in bridge say) and 'd' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 're' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for red that I've seen before include "Bordeaux claret, for instance" , "Colour of garnets" , "Colour of a cardinal's hat" , "eg Cardinal" , "Flushed" .)

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