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Wrong bearing, taking turn, point to shade (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aubergine

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'shade' is the definition.
(I know that aubergine is a shade)

'wrong bearing taking turn point to' is the wordplay.
'wrong' is an anagram indicator.
'taking' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'turn' becomes 'U' (a 'U-turn' is a kind of turn).
'point to' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'bearing'+'u'='bearingu'
'bearingu' anagrammed gives 'aubergin'.
'aubergin'+'e'='AUBERGINE'

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(Other definitions for aubergine that I've seen before include "Purple vegetable" , "Vegetarians might order this" , "I argue, Ben, that it's a fruit" , "Edible plant" , "Fruit of the eggplant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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