Removed gunk from damaged Adele CDs (8)

I believe the answer is:

descaled

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'removed gunk' is the definition.
'descaled' can be an answer for 'removed' (descaling is a kind of removing). I'm not certain of the 'gunk' bit.

'damaged adele cds' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates an anagram.
'adele'+'cds'='adelecds'
'adelecds' with letters rearranged gives 'DESCALED'.

'from' is the link.

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