Geese ran madly to find shade (3-5)
I believe the answer is:
sea-green
'shade' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'geese ran madly' is the wordplay.
'madly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'geese'+'ran'='geeseran'
'geeseran' with letters rearranged gives 'SEA-GREEN'.
'to find' is the link.
(Another definition for sea-green that I've seen is " Robespierre's shade".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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