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He's round the bend, just a shade! (3)

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I believe the answer is:

hue

'a shade' is the definition.
(both can mean a colour)

'he's round the bend' is the wordplay.
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the bend' becomes 'U' (a U-bend is a kind of bend - pipe under sink).
'he' placed around 'u' is 'HUE'.

'just' is the link.

(Other definitions for hue that I've seen before include "Tinge" , "Tint, shade" , "Cast" , "Shade, aspect; Vietnam port" , "General outburst of alarm or protest - . . . and cry" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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