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Cleans up the childish mistakes for Regina in flowing saree (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eraser

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'cleans up the childish mistakes' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'regina in flowing saree' is the wordplay.
'regina' becomes 'R' (common abbreviation e.g. ER=Elizabeth Regina).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'flowing' indicates an anagram.
'saree' with letters rearranged gives 'easer'.
'r' put into 'easer' is 'ERASER'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for eraser that I've seen before include "A student's rubber, or the one who uses it" , "device for deleting things" , "correction device" , "(Pencil, ink) rubber" , "One who removed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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