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[tedsgran]

31a Arms may display this brown colour;however back contains extremes of wan skin (5)
TENN? ............TENNO?

[bobbinwales]

Tennis?

[bobbinwales]

T e n n y

[bobbinwales]

WaN SKIN
NN IN YET BACKWARDS

[bobbinwales]

OK no such word!

[bobbinwales]

Tewny?

[donny48]

tenne
A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.

[Neveracrossword]

Bobbinwales, your Tenny is perfect - and in Chambers. Tenne doesn't work, because of the 'yet', hover, reversed bit.

[donny48]

NAC, Tenne doesn't work, because of the 'yet', hover, reversed bit. Could you explain further, is there something not shown that requires the "Y".

[Neveracrossword]

Donny48, I thought the 'however'* meant Yet, and 'back' meant reversed, so Tey. 'Contains extremes of wan skin' gives us the two Ns.
*not 'hover', simply a typo!
Te nn y.

PS I think this is pretty much what Bobbinwales said.

[tedsgran]

thank you everyone who helped!

[donny48]

NAC, that works well, many thanks.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Donny 48. I should have added that Chambers gives Tenny as a variation of the Tenne that you defined.

[donny48]

I failed to notice your perfectly acceptable explanation, Bobbinwales. Apologies.