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A thing - clear it out (7)

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I believe the answer is:

article

'a thing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'clear it out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'clear'+'it'='clearit'
'clearit' is an anagram of 'ARTICLE'.

(Other definitions for article that I've seen before include "Rile cat (anag.)" , "Eg, a, an or the" , "Feature - item" , "Newspaper piece" , "Commodity" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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