Cleaners and tea ladies (9)

I believe the answer is:

charwomen

'cleaners' is the definition.
(charwoman is a kind of cleaner)

'tea ladies' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'char' (I've seen this before).
'ladies' becomes 'women' (I've seen this before).
'char'+'women'='CHARWOMEN'

'and' acts as a link.

(Another definition for charwomen that I've seen is " Cleaning ladies".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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