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Remove worker, a sexist to some extent (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

erase

'remove' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'worker a sexist to some extent' is the wordplay.
'to some extent' indicates a hidden word.
'ERASE' can be found hidden inside 'worker a sexist'.

(Other definitions for erase that I've seen before include "Remove evidence of" , "Obliterate" , "Eliminate" , "Remove all traces of" , "To remove all trace" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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