The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PASTEL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PASTEL
- Colour left on stick
- Soft shade initially put around some troubling electric lamp
- Crayon left beside stick
- Faint praise the old regularly ignored
- Grandpa’s television’s hidden drawer
- Colour’s return bound to keep street on board
- Mixture left is a delicate shade
- Drawing up as telephone rings
- Drawing done, else half finished
- Pale in colour after meeting the Spanish
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The straight part
We know that "Pale in colour" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pale in colour = pastel.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PASTEL mean?
PASTEL noun- Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender
- A drawing made with any of those colors.
- A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
- A crayon made from such a paste.
- Woad.
- A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.