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17a. 'Superior, for example, as bright pigment'(4). -A-E. These two letters are correct Could the answer be SAGE? EG+AS reversed? Why? Or something else? I can't see how the wordplay works. Can anyone help?

lake. lake superior and a paint colour.

A lake pigment is a pigment manufactured by precipitating a dye with an inert binder, or "mordant", usually a metallic salt

phillip and SHOOTY. Many thanks for lightening my darkness!