Light shade (4)

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tint

'light shade' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for tint that I've seen before include "Hair dye" , "A slight shade of colour" , "work for coiffeuse?" , "(Softer variety of) colour" , "Hue, shade" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times and the Penny Press.

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