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Cleaner at Dutch eatery faces mockery (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charade

'mockery' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'cleaner at dutch eatery faces' is the wordplay.
'cleaner' becomes 'char' (charwoman is a type of cleaner).
'faces' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'face' mean this).
The initial letters of 'at dutch eatery' is 'ade'.
'char'+'ade'='CHARADE'

(Other definitions for charade that I've seen before include "Game in which the puzzle is acted out" , "sham" , "Travesty, mockery" , "Film with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn" , "Had care in the acted riddle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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