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Dryer perhaps containing child's hot pants (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dishcloth

'dryer perhaps' is the definition.
(item used to dry things)

'child's hot pants' is the wordplay.
'pants' indicates anagramming the letters (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish').
'childs'+'hot'='childshot'
'childshot' is an anagram of 'DISHCLOTH'.

'containing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dishcloth that I've seen before include "cleaner" , "It's used in washing up" , "washer-up" , "drying agent" , "piece of material" .)

I've seen this clue in the Independent.
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