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Cloudy: no blue about us (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nebulous

'cloudy' is the definition.
(nebulous means cloudy or vague)

'no blue about us' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'no'+'blue'='noblue'
'noblue' with letters rearranged gives 'nebulo'.
'nebulo'+'us'='NEBULOUS'

(Other definitions for nebulous that I've seen before include "Insubstantial, indistinct" , "Cloudy; hazy" , "Cloudlike; vague" , "Hazy and cloudlike" , "'Cloudy, lacking definite form (8)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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