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Colour one goes when quietly getting a wrong cue? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

puce

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'colour one goes' is the definition.
'puce' can be an answer for 'colour' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'one goes' bit.

'quietly getting a wrong cue?' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a wrong' indicates an anagram.
'cue' anagrammed gives 'uce'.
'p'+'uce'='PUCE'

'when' is the link.

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(Other definitions for puce that I've seen before include "Pinkish purple" , "Brownish-purple colour" , "Dark red or purple-brown colour" , "Purplish colour" , "Purplish-brown colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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