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Cleaner words a pope used (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soap powder

'cleaner' is the definition.
(I know that soap powder is a type of soap)

'words a pope used' is the wordplay.
'used' indicates an anagram.
'words'+'a'+'pope'='wordsapope'
'wordsapope' with letters rearranged gives 'SOAP POWDER'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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