"The Kitchen God's Wife" novelist, 1991 (3)

I believe the answer is:

tan

(Other definitions for tan that I've seen before include "Thrash" , "Acquire a sunburn" , "Lie in sun" , "Go brown" , "Process" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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