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Club has initially raised objection to cleaning facility (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bathtub

'cleaning facility' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'club has initially raised objection' is the wordplay.
'club' becomes 'bat' (as in sporting equipment).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'raised' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'objection' becomes 'but' (as in 'no ifs, no buts').
The initial letter of 'has' is 'h'.
'but' in reverse letter order is 'tub'.
'bat'+'h'+'tub'='BATHTUB'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bathtub that I've seen before include "Large vessel" , "that may need a plug" , "washer" , "Need this to be clean" , "Vessel for ablutions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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