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The colour of one wild dingo! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indigo

'the colour' is the definition.
(indigo is a kind of colour)

'one wild dingo' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'dingo' with letters rearranged gives 'ndigo'.
'i'+'ndigo'='INDIGO'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for indigo that I've seen before include "Deep-blue dye or colour" , "Ellington's Mood" , "Blue/violet dye" , "One of the colours of the rainbow" , "Spectral colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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