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Pub found by green, say, showing distinctive features of a place (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

local colour

'distinctive features of a place' is the definition.
(colour can mean the atmosphere of a place)

'pub found by green say' is the wordplay.
'pub' becomes 'local' (one's local pub).
'found by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'green say' becomes 'colour' (greening is a kind of colouring).
'local'+'colour'='LOCAL COLOUR'

'showing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for local colour that I've seen before include "regional character" , "A place's characteristics" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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