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Rubbish salesman a dog perhaps witnessed on the retreat (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wastepaper

'rubbish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'salesman a dog perhaps witnessed on the retreat' is the wordplay.
'salesman' becomes 'rep' (sales representative).
'dog perhaps' becomes 'pet' (dogs are often kept as pets).
'witnessed' becomes 'saw' ('see' can be a synonym of 'witness').
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the retreat' says the letters should be written backwards.
'rep'+'a'+'pet'+'saw'='repapetsaw'
'repapetsaw' reversed gives 'WASTEPAPER'.

(Other definitions for wastepaper that I've seen before include "rubbish" , "Office or domestic bin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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