Crossword Genius

Ray Brown has gym kit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sunbeam

'ray' is the definition.
(I know that sunbeam is a type of ray)

'brown has gym kit' is the wordplay.
'brown' becomes 'sun' (both can mean to get a tan).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'gym kit' becomes 'beam' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sun'+'beam'='SUNBEAM'

(Other definitions for sunbeam that I've seen before include "Ray of natural light" , "Bright ray -- bus name (anag)" , "sheds a bit of light" , "Ray of solar light" , "Bright shaft of daylight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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