It makes things hard for the laundry (6)

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starch

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(Other definitions for starch that I've seen before include "Potato, rice constituent; a stiffener" , "rigid" , "Carbohydrate; stiffener" , "Stiffening preparation used in laundering" , "ceremony" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.

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