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Green mineral water taken by fool cycling? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

augite

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'green mineral' is the definition.
'augite' can be an answer for 'mineral' (augite is a kind of mineral). I am unsure of the 'green' bit.

'water taken by fool cycling?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'fool' could be 'git' (both can mean an annoying person) and 'git' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for augite that I've seen is " Mineral".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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