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Rages about energy lost to cleaning cloths (4)

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rags

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This clue might be a double definition.

'rages' is the first definition.
(ragging is a kind of ragging)

'cleaning cloths' is the second definition.
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'about energy lost to' is the link.
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(Other definitions for rags that I've seen before include "Tatters or university japes" , "Tattered clothing" , "Papers" , "Waste scraps of cloth" , "Tattered cloths" .)

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