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Obsession about no. 1 mug colour (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

complexion

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'mug colour' is the definition.
'complexion' can be an answer for 'colour' (complexion is a kind of colour). I'm not sure about the 'mug' bit.

'obsession about no 1' is the wordplay.
'obsession' becomes 'complex' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'no c' becomes 'no i' (resembles No c).
'noi' written backwards gives 'ion'.
'complex'+'ion'='COMPLEXION'

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(Other definitions for complexion that I've seen before include "Look" , "character" , "Skin tone" , "Face" , "Nature" .)

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