Comedians cancel date with a hint of shame (5-3)

I believe the answer is:

stand-ups

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'comedians' is the definition.

'cancel date with a hint of shame' is the wordplay.
'cancel date with' becomes 'standup' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a hint of' indicates taking the first letters (the smallest possible amount of the word).
The first letter of 'shame' is 's'.
'standup'+'s'='STAND-UPS'

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I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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