What a backward cap shades (4)

I believe the answer is:

nape

(Other definitions for nape that I've seen before include "sofa" , "Girl personifying France" , "It's a pane in the neck" , "Back part of the neck" , "Scruff of the neck" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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