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Cleaner person who complains about leak from 1A? (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carpet sweeper

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

'person who complains about leak from 1a?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'person' could be 'pet' (pet is a kind of person) and 'pet' is found in the answer.
'about' could be 'ca' (short for circa) and 'ca' is found within the answer.
'leak' could be 'weep' (I've seen this before) and 'weep' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for carpet sweeper that I've seen before include "Floor cleaner" , "cleaning device" , "Domestic cleaning equipment" , "Domestic appliance for picking up dust" , "Household appliance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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