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Skeleton in the bathroom! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

loofah

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'skeleton in' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.

'bathroom' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'bathroom' could be 'loo' (loo is a kind of bathroom) and 'loo' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'fah' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for loofah that I've seen before include "something by bath?" , "climber" , "Dishcloth gourd" , "Fibrous part of gourd used as scrubber" , "Vegetable bath sponge" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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