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What’s blue and quite sour when cooked (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

turquoise

'what's blue' is the definition.
(turquoise is a kind of blue)

'quite sour when cooked' is the wordplay.
'when cooked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'quite'+'sour'='quitesour'
'quitesour' with letters rearranged gives 'TURQUOISE'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for turquoise that I've seen before include "Greenish-blue colour" , "Bluey-green" , "Sort of blue" , "Blue-green" , "Greenish-blue stone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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