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Cloths for nose-wiping painfully chafed her skin (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

handkerchiefs

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'cloths' is the definition.
(handkerchief is a kind of cloth)

'painfully chafed her skin' is the wordplay.
'painfully' indicates an anagram (letters get injured).
'chafed'+'her'+'skin'='chafedherskin'
'chafedherskin' is an anagram of 'HANDKERCHIEFS'.

'for nose-wiping' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for handkerchiefs that I've seen before include "Pocket cloths" , "tissues" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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