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Husband leaving cash, perhaps? Strangely, refuse tips (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrapheaps

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'refuse tips' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'husband leaving cash perhaps? strangely' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'leaving' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cash'+'perhaps'='cashperhaps'
'cashperhaps' with 'h' taken away is 'casperhaps'.
'casperhaps' is an anagram of 'SCRAPHEAPS'.

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(Another definition for scrapheaps that I've seen is " Lots of rubbish".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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