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Labour over English tax for deodorant? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toiletry

'deodorant?' is the definition.
(deodorant is a kind of toiletry)

'labour over english tax' is the wordplay.
'labour' becomes 'toil' ('toil' can be a synonym of 'labour'**).
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'tax' becomes 'try'.
'toil'+'e'+'try'='TOILETRY'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for toiletry that I've seen before include "Something for the bathroom" , "cosmetic" , "Such as soap" , "Item used in ablutions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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