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Rubbery materials, elastic perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

latices

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'rubbery materials' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'elastic perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'elastic' is an anagram of 'LATICES'.

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(Another definition for latices that I've seen is " Milky fluids".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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