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Upset if tan is faded (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

faint

'is faded' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'upset if tan' is the wordplay.
'upset' indicates anagramming the letters.
'if'+'tan'='iftan'
'iftan' anagrammed gives 'FAINT'.

(Other definitions for faint that I've seen before include "dull" , "Weak" , "Swoon, lose consciousness" , "Barely perceptible" , "Swoon, pass out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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