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Don't shoot him for telling you jam's weirdly green (9)

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I believe the answer is:

messenger

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'don't shoot him for telling' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'jam's weirdly green' is the wordplay.
'jam's' becomes 'mess'' ('mess' can be a synonym of 'jam').
'weirdly' indicates an anagram.
'green' anagrammed gives 'enger'.
'mess'+'enger'='MESSENGER'

'you' is the link.

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(Other definitions for messenger that I've seen before include "Person carrying information to another" , "Runner" , "He takes note" , "Communication carrier" , "He's just bringing the word - don't shoot him" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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