Related Clues:

• A retiring way not to be beyond the pale
• Little shade of not being accepted beyond it
• A retiring pale might have been in the fire
• Not a forward pale
• Pale enough to have a throw at it
• Have a throw at what's been burnt grey
• Lacking much hue
• Covered in soot
• The likes of a grey, burnt fowl
• One retiring pale (4)
• A shade little without standing beyond this
• As foul-sounding as it's pale
• Not beyond the pale in such a foul-sounding fashion
• A retiring way as hen might make it
• Pale enough to look foul-like, perhaps