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Prince maybe offensive to describe colour (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

royal blue

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'colour' is the definition.
(royal blue is a kind of colour)

'prince maybe offensive to describe' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'prince' could be 'royal' (prince is a type of royal) and 'royal' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'blue' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for royal blue that I've seen before include "Bally euro (anag.)" , "Dark colour" , "A shade Conservative" , "Deep rich shade of colour" , "(Regal?) colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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