They provide some shade on a beach day (6)

I believe the answer is:

clouds

(Other definitions for clouds that I've seen before include "becomes opaque" , "work by 3 [FRAYN] ?" , "Swarms" , "obfuscates" , "Masses of condensed vapour floating high above" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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