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Stake blanched by the sun, perhaps (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pale

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'stake' is the first definition.
(pale can mean a wooden stake or post)

'blanched by the sun perhaps' is the second definition.
(made pale by the sun)

(Other definitions for pale that I've seen before include "picket" , "Light-coloured" , "Feeble - wan" , "Lightly coloured" , "beyond which one is out of line?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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