Answers contain a colour
7)it got the 'go-ahead' (5,3,5,5)
8)What you hope to turn under the sun's rays ( 5,2,1,5)
20)A more likely outcome for 8! ( 3,2,1,7)
26)Release 'er Eddie inside or I'll get really mad (3,3)
39)China's revolutionary text ( 6,3,4)
44)Neither black nor white territory (4,4)
46)Is this inhabited by beetles? (6,9)