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All wet or sloppy around one? Things can dry here (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

towel-rail

'things can dry here' is the definition.
(place for towels to dry)

'all wet or sloppy around one?' is the wordplay.
'sloppy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'one?' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'all'+'wet'+'or'='allwetor'
'allwetor' is an anagram of 'towelral'.
'towelral' enclosing 'i' is 'TOWEL-RAIL'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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