Gets rid of the blues (5)
I believe the answer is:
dumps
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'gets rid of' is the first definition.
(dumping is a kind of getting rid of)
'the blues' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)
(Other definitions for dumps that I've seen before include "Gets rid of" , "sadness" , "gloominess" , "melancholic state" , "Ends relationship" .)