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Ignore stain that’s ruined cutlery (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eating irons

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'cutlery' is the definition.
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'ignore stain that's ruined' is the wordplay.
'that's ruined' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ignore'+'stain'='ignorestain'
'ignorestain' with letters rearranged gives 'EATING IRONS'.

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(Another definition for eating irons that I've seen is " What's placed by plate".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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