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Help one endlessly dispersing disinfectant (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

phenol

'disinfectant' is the definition.
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'help one endlessly dispersing' is the wordplay.
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'dispersing' is an anagram indicator.
'help'+'one'='helpone'
'helpone' with its last letter taken away is 'helpon'.
'helpon' is an anagram of 'PHENOL'.

(Other definitions for phenol that I've seen before include "Acidic substance" , "cleaner" , "No help (anag) - antiseptic" , "Carbolic acid" , "Powerful disinfectant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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