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Ruling line in colour almost ugly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dynasty

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'ruling line' is the definition.
'dynasty' can be an answer for 'line' (dynasty is a kind of line). I am not certain of the 'ruling' bit.

'colour almost ugly' is the wordplay.
'colour almost' becomes 'dy' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ugly' becomes 'nasty' (I've seen this in another clue).
'dy'+'nasty'='DYNASTY'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dynasty that I've seen before include "Line of kings" , "Succession of relatives" , "royal family" , "Family of successive rulers" , "show" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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