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Marriageable perhaps in blue (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nubile

'marriageable' is the definition.
(I know that marriageable can be written as nubile)

'perhaps in blue' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'in'+'blue'='inblue'
'inblue' anagrammed gives 'NUBILE'.

(Other definitions for nubile that I've seen before include "Sexually mature" , "Marriageable, physically attractive" , "Sexually attractive" , "fit for match" , "Of girls or women who are eligible to marry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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