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It's indecent seeing mother use these openers (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

smut

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'it's indecent' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'seeing mother use these openers' is the wordplay.
'openers' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'seeing mother use these' is 'SMUT'.

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(Other definitions for smut that I've seen before include "Dirt or immoral talk" , "Flake of soot or dirt" , "Mildly obscene remarks" , "Bit of soot or dirty talk" , "Soot; obscenities" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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