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Variety of rose-red screen (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reredos

'screen' is the definition.
(a reredos is an ornamental screen)

'variety of rose-red' is the wordplay.
'variety of' indicates an anagram.
'rose'+'red'='rosered'
'rosered' with letters rearranged gives 'REREDOS'.

(Other definitions for reredos that I've seen before include "Hanging in church" , "Wall decoration behind altar" , "Red rose could show a screen behind the altar" , "Church feature" , "Fireback" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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