Somewhat rosy, soft marking fluid is hard to read (7)
I believe the answer is:
pinkish
'somewhat rosy' is the definition.
'pinkish' can be an answer for 'rosy' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'somewhat' bit.
'soft marking fluid is hard to read' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'soft' could be 'sh' and 'sh' is found in the answer.
'marking' could be 'pin' (pin is a kind of marking) and 'pin' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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