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Nearly-nude rugby playing makes French red! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

burgundy

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'french red' is the definition.
'Burgundy' can be an answer for 'red' (burgundy is a kind of red). I am not sure about the 'french' bit.

'nearly-nude rugby playing' is the wordplay.
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'playing' is an anagram indicator.
'nude' with its last letter taken off is 'nud'.
'nud'+'rugby'='nudrugby'
'nudrugby' with letters rearranged gives 'BURGUNDY'.

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(Other definitions for burgundy that I've seen before include "French region, colour and wine" , "Red wine region" , "Dark red-purple" , "Heavy red wine" , "French wine from ruby dung" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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