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Mother's store for recycling plastic? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maestro

'plastic?' is the definition.
(type of credit card or 'plastic')

'mother's store for recycling' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (ma is a kind of mother).
'for recycling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'store' with letters rearranged gives 'estro'.
'ma'+'estro'='MAESTRO'

(Other definitions for maestro that I've seen before include "great musician" , "Artist of consummate skill: conductor" , "An artist of consummate skill, master" , "hotshot" , "Famous conductor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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