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Garden site befouled with stains (10)

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I believe the answer is:

denigrates

'stains' is the definition.
(denigrate can mean to smear or stain)

'garden site befouled' is the wordplay.
'befouled' indicates an anagram.
'garden'+'site'='gardensite'
'gardensite' with letters rearranged gives 'DENIGRATES'.

'with' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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