It can put you in the shade (5)

I believe the answer is:

cloud

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This might be a double definition.

'it can put you' is the first definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'shade' is the second definition.
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'in the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cloud that I've seen before include "Mass of vapour visible in the air" , "Source of rain" , "Obscure" , "Cover" , "''I wandered lonely as a ...'' (Wordsworth)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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