Desire cleaner for the school holidays (4,3)
I believe the answer is:
long vac
'the school holidays' is the definition.
(long vac refers to a long vacation)
'desire cleaner' is the wordplay.
'desire' becomes 'long' (longing is a kind of desiring).
'cleaner' becomes 'vac' (I've seen this before).
'long'+'vac'='LONG VAC'
'for' is the link.
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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