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Try another colour to hide electronic fault in photo (3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

red-eye

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'fault in photo' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'try another colour to hide electronic' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'another' could be 're' (I've seen this in other clues) and 're' is found in the answer.
'electronic' could be 'e' (as in e-mail or e-books) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'colour' could be 'dye' (dyeing is a kind of colouring) and 'dye' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for red-eye that I've seen before include "Poor quality, coarse powerful whiskey" , "Poor whiskey - overnight flight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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