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Eats when the sun comes out (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

consumes

'eats' is the definition.
(consuming is a kind of eating)

'the sun comes out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'sun'+'comes'='suncomes'
'suncomes' is an anagram of 'CONSUMES'.

'when' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for consumes that I've seen before include "Gobbles" , "Eats" .)

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