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Turn red, almost, with all that blood (4)

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I believe the answer is:

gore

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'that blood' is the definition.
(gore means blood or violence)

'turn red almost' is the wordplay.
'turn' becomes 'go' (a person's move in a board game).
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'red' with its final letter taken away is 're'.
'go'+'re'='GORE'

'with all' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for gore that I've seen before include "Pierce with horn - blood" , "Blood on a piece let into a garment?" , "Coagulated blood from a wound" , "Blood; stab with tusk" , "Spilt blood" .)

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