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Maybe ladies and footballers will need hard scourer (6)

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loofah

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(Other definitions for loofah that I've seen before include "Fibre used as a back-scrub" , "Fibrous part of gourd used as scrubber" , "Bath sponge made from dried plant fibres" , "something by bath?" , "Vegetable bath sponge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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