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Shade next door to Anne maybe is down (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

royal blue

'shade' is the definition.
(shade of blue)

'next door to anne maybe is down' is the wordplay.
'next door to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'anne maybe' becomes 'royal' (Princess Anne is a royal).
'is down' becomes 'blue' (I've seen this before).
'royal' next to 'blue' is 'ROYAL BLUE'.

(Other definitions for royal blue that I've seen before include "Dark colour" , "Queen's shade?" , "Bally euro (anag.)" , "Your be-all (anag) - shade" , "(Regal?) colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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