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High-up chap pursuing immorality with cleaner, I gathered

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vice-chairman

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'cleaner i gathered' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'high-up chap pursuing immorality' is the wordplay.
'high up chap' becomes 'chairman' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pursuing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'immorality' becomes 'vice' (vice is a kind of immorality).
'chairman' after 'vice' is 'VICE-CHAIRMAN'.

'with' is the link.

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(Another definition for vice-chairman that I've seen is " Committee deputy".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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