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Points a blue out in clouds (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nebulae

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

'points a blue out' is the wordplay.
'points' becomes 'ne' (North and East).
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'a'+'blue'='ablue'
'ablue' is an anagram of 'bulae'.
'ne'+'bulae'='NEBULAE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nebulae that I've seen before include "Gas or dust clouds in space" , "Stardust" , "where stars are born" , "Bright patches in sky from distant galaxies" , "Interstellar gas clouds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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