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We colour no hard round sort of melon (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

honeydew

'sort of melon' is the definition.
(I know that honeydew is a type of melon)

'we colour no hard round' is the wordplay.
'colour' becomes 'dye' (dyeing is a kind of colouring).
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'round' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'we'+'dye'+'no'+'h'='wedyenoh'
'wedyenoh' in reverse letter order is 'HONEYDEW'.

(Other definitions for honeydew that I've seen before include "Sweet substance produced by aphids" , "Sweet stuff" , "Melon - Owen Hyde (anag)" , "Food supplied and eaten by 20s (and Kubla Khan?)" , "Type of melon" .)

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