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Woman at tax office gives orange dye (7)

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I believe the answer is:

annatto

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'orange dye' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'woman at tax office' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'ann' (woman's name).
'tax office' becomes 'to' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'ann'+'at'+'to'='ANNATTO'

'gives' is the link.

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(Other definitions for annatto that I've seen before include "dyestuff" , "tree" , "Orange colouring" , "Colouring matter" , "Food dye from red pulp of tropical fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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