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Layer damaged these (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sheet

'layer' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'damaged these' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'these' with letters rearranged gives 'SHEET'.

(Other definitions for sheet that I've seen before include "Piece of paper; nautical rope" , "Piece of linen; ship's rope" , "Item of bed linen like these" , "Bed cover" , "One of pair tucked in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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