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Shade one doing manoeuvres (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indigo

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

'one doing manoeuvres' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'manoeuvres' indicates anagramming the letters.
'doing' anagrammed gives 'ndigo'.
'i'+'ndigo'='INDIGO'

(Other definitions for indigo that I've seen before include "Blue-violet colour" , "type of dye" , "Spectral colour" , "product of woad" , "Settlement; New Mexico native" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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