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Brown will maybe lose out with a growl! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sorrel

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'brown' is the definition.
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'lose out with a growl' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a growl' becomes 'rr' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'lose' anagrammed gives 'soel'.
'soel' enclosing 'rr' is 'SORREL'.

'will maybe' is the link.
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(Other definitions for sorrel that I've seen before include "Weed - colour of horse" , "Light-chestnut horse" , "bay" , "Horse of reddish-brown colour" , "It provides flavour" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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