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Dirty, like a chimney (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sooty

I believe this is a double definition.

'dirty' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'like a chimney' is the second definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

(Other definitions for sooty that I've seen before include "Covered in black dust" , "4 [BEAR]" , "Hand-puppet TV bear" , "TV glove puppet" , "black marks" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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