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Rubbish won’t burn in the shade (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nutbrown

'shade' is the definition.
(shade of brown)

'rubbish won't burn' is the wordplay.
'rubbish' is an anagram indicator (a poor quality or rubbish spelling of the letters).
'wont'+'burn'='wontburn'
'wontburn' anagrammed gives 'NUTBROWN'.

'in the' acts as a link.

(Another definition for nutbrown that I've seen is " The colour of a ripe cob".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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