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Cleaner line drawn in sand (6)

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I believe the answer is:

bleach

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

'line drawn in sand' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'line' could be 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem) and 'l' is found in the answer.
'sand' could be 'beach' (sand can refer to a sandy beach) and 'beach' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for bleach that I've seen before include "Sink and toilet cleaner" , "Make colourless" , "Blanche" , "Stuff that whitens, hair or cloth" , "Go white" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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