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Dash around in the road when you do the laundry! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

washday

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'you do the laundry' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'dash around in the road' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in the' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'road' becomes 'way' (I've seen this in other clues).
'dash' is an anagram of 'shda'.
'shda' inserted within 'way' is 'WASHDAY'.

'when' is the link.

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(Another definition for washday that I've seen is " Hay wads (anag.)".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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