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Strip of colour runs right through a fillet (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

streak

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'strip of colour' is the definition.
'streak' can be an answer for 'strip' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'of colour' bit.

'runs right through a fillet' is the wordplay.
'right' indicates one should take the final letters (the letter on the right of the word).
'through' is an insertion indicator.
'fillet' becomes 'trek' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The final letter of 'runs' is 's'.
'a' put within 'trek' is 'treak'.
's'+'treak'='STREAK'

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(Other definitions for streak that I've seen before include "Part of Ukraine" , "Stripe of contrasting colour" , "Go faster" , "Move very fast; thin strip" , "Move very quickly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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