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Badly rusted cleaning equipment (6)

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I believe the answer is:

duster

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'cleaning equipment' is the definition.
'duster' can be an answer for 'cleaning' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'equipment' bit.

'badly rusted' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'rusted' is an anagram of 'DUSTER'.

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(Other definitions for duster that I've seen before include "Cloth for cleaning chalk from blackboard" , "cleaner" , "Cloth for removing surface powder" , "yellow cloth" , "Polishing cloth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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