Cryptic crossword clue
A mother, shortly lacking in melanin, worried about what keeps track of the hours in the sun 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANALEMMA

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What does ANALEMMA mean?

ANALEMMA noun
  1. An egg-shaped or figure-eight curve that results when the Sun's position in the sky is plotted out over the year at the same hour of mean solar time every day.

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