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Shade cowardly (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yellow

This clue is a double definition.

'shade' is the first definition.
(I know that yellow is a type of shade)

'cowardly' is the second definition.
(yellow can informally mean cowardly)

(Other definitions for yellow that I've seen before include "Fearful - colour" , "Kipling's Dog Dingo" , "Telephone reference book" , "Small European bunting" , "like a canary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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