Needing a good sweep (5)

I believe the answer is:

sooty

(Other definitions for sooty that I've seen before include "TV glove puppet" , "Covered in black dust" , "Blackened; -- tern" , "black marks" , "Hand-puppet TV bear" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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