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Small garden area, plain with patches of colour (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skewbald

'with patches of colour' is the definition.
(as in a skewbald horse)

'small garden area plain' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'garden area' becomes 'Kew' (Kew Gardens in London).
'plain' becomes 'bald' (both can mean unadorned).
's'+'kew'+'bald'='SKEWBALD'

(Other definitions for skewbald that I've seen before include "Bicoloured creature" , "(Horse) with white and coloured marks" , "Marked with patches of white and a colour" , "maybe brown and white" , "patchy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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