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Study origins of every blue star (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deneb

'star' is the definition.
(star of the constellation Cygnus)

'study origins of every blue' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office).
'origins of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'every blue' is 'eb'.
'den'+'eb'='DENEB'

(Other definitions for deneb that I've seen before include "Bright star; be end (anag.)" , "Bright star in Cygnus" , "First magnitude star in Cygnus" , "The star Alpha Cygni" , "Be Ned (anag) - brightest star in Cygnus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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