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A person with hard shoes and carpet’s ruined (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

tap dancer

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'a person' is the definition.
(tap dancer is a kind of person)

'and carpet's ruined' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates an anagram.
'and'+'carpet'='andcarpet'
'andcarpet' anagrammed gives 'TAP-DANCER'.

'with hard shoes' is the link.
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(Other definitions for tap dancer that I've seen before include "Heel and toe clicker?" , "Astaire, say" , "Entertainer needing floorboards" , "Hard shoe entertainer" , "Astaire was one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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