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Cut up having woman cleaner (6)

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I believe the answer is:

phenol

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

'cut up having woman' is the wordplay.
'cut up' becomes 'pol' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'having' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'woman' becomes 'hen'.
'pol' going around 'hen' is 'PHENOL'.

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(Other definitions for phenol that I've seen before include "Powerful disinfectant" , "cleaner" , "Acidic substance" , "Carbolic acid" , "No help (anag) - antiseptic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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