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Dim sun when out will hardly encourage it (6)

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I believe the answer is:

nudism

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'will hardly encourage it' is the definition.
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'dim sun when out' is the wordplay.
'when out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean incorrect or inaccurate).
'dim'+'sun'='dimsun'
'dimsun' is an anagram of 'NUDISM'.

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(Other definitions for nudism that I've seen before include "Going without clothes, socially" , "Mind us (anag)" , "Naturism" , "Public exposure" , "Practice of living as nature intended" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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