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As bouncers edged, rubbish openers helping slip (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aberration

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

'as bouncers edged rubbish openers helping' is the wordplay.
'openers' indicates taking the first letters.
'helping' becomes 'ration' (a ration is a serving or helping).
The first letters of 'as bouncers edged rubbish' is 'aber'.
'aber'+'ration'='ABERRATION'

(Other definitions for aberration that I've seen before include "Straying" , "Wandering" , "Deviation from the accepted norm" , "instability" , "Unwelcome deviation from normal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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