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Happy to shade again. It was too bright (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glared

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'was too bright' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'happy to shade again it' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'shade' could be 'red' (red is a colour or shade) and 'red' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for glared that I've seen before include "Was too bright" , "Glowered" , "Stared fiercely" , "Looked angrily" , "Lowered" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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