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Feeble desire to get your first load of laundry back quickly (5-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wishy-washy

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

'desire to get your first load of laundry back quickly' is the wordplay.
'desire' becomes 'wish' (wishing is a kind of desiring).
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'your first' becomes 'y' (yst letter of 'your').
'load of laundry' becomes 'wash' (I've seen this in another clue).
'back quickly' becomes 'y' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'wish'+'y'+'wash'+'y'='WISHY-WASHY'

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(Other definitions for wishy-washy that I've seen before include "Bland -- pale" , "Feeble, insipid" , "Diluted" , "Ineffectual" , "Watered-down" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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