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Nearly a colour match (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agree

'match' is the definition.
(as in two tallies agreeing or matching)

'nearly a colour' is the wordplay.
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'colour' becomes 'green' (greening is a kind of colouring).
'a'+'green'='agreen'
'agreen' with its final letter taken off is 'AGREE'.

(Other definitions for agree that I've seen before include "Hold the same view" , "Give consent" , "get on" , "Say yes to a suggestion" , "Allow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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