Shady type of hot sauce without tacos (3)

I believe the answer is:

hue

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'shady type' is the definition.
'hue' can be an answer for 'type' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'shady' bit.

'hot sauce without tacos' is the wordplay.
'without' is a deletion indicator.
'hot'+'sauce'='hotsauce'
'hotsauce' with 'tacos' taken out is 'HUE'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hue that I've seen before include "Tint, shade" , "'Pigment, colour (3)'" , "appearance" , "Tinge" , "General hubbub - . . . and cry" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.

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