Color Commentary

Words:  72

Average Length:  5.31

The three main theme answers (each has a subsidiary entry as well) are common expressions.  Given the color theme, I’d thought about cluing them with reference to the ongoing US election debacle, but the last thing we need right now is more snark.  Instead, I went for a whimsical tone throughout the cluing; whimsy, besides being a cool-looking word, takes the edge off anxiety (mine, at least). 

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