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Company dealing with oil from wreck (5)

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total

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(Other definitions for total that I've seen before include "given by 8 [ADDING MACHINES]" , "outright" , "Ruin" , "Sum, aggregation" , "Damage beyond repair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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