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Papers turning a pallid colour in refuse (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disallow

'refuse' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'papers turning a pallid colour' is the wordplay.
'papers' becomes 'id' (identification papers).
'turning' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'a pallid colour' becomes 'sallow'.
'id' reversed gives 'di'.
'di'+'sallow'='DISALLOW'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for disallow that I've seen before include "Prohibit, veto" , "Rule out" , "Reject" , "refuse permission" , "Prevent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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