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Relative emptied out Austin that's dirty (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unclean

'dirty' is the definition.
(I know that dirty can be written as unclean)

'relative emptied out austin' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'uncle' (uncle is a kind of relative).
'emptied out' means to remove the middle letters (the inside letters are emptied out).
'austin' with its middle taken out is 'an'.
'uncle'+'an'='UNCLEAN'

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for unclean that I've seen before include "taboo" , "(Ritually) tainted" , "Spotted" , "Dirty, needs a wash" , "Dirty; immoral" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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