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Cleaners frighten off toffs (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

detergents

'cleaners' is the definition.
(I know this)

'frighten off toffs' is the wordplay.
'frighten off' becomes 'deter' (I've seen this before).
'toffs' becomes 'gents' (gentlemen - toff can mean an upper-class person).
'deter'+'gents'='DETERGENTS'

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