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Spotted drugs of different colours (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

espied

'spotted' is the definition.
('espy' can be a synonym of 'spot')

'drugs of different colours' is the wordplay.
'drugs' becomes 'es' (ecstasy tablets).
'of different colours' becomes 'pied' (pied can mean multicoloured - eg the Pied Piper).
'es'+'pied'='ESPIED'

(Other definitions for espied that I've seen before include "Saw (archaic)" , "Watched" , "Caught sight of (poetic)" , "observed in literature" , "Glimpsed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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