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Sweeper with ball's opening space (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

broom

'sweeper' is the definition.
(a broom sweeps things up)

'with ball's opening space' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'opening' indicates taking the first letters.
'space' becomes 'room' (room is a kind of space).
The first letter of 'balls' is 'b'.
'b' put next to 'room' is 'BROOM'.

(Other definitions for broom that I've seen before include "Leguminous shrub" , "Sweeper - shrub" , "Plant - sweeper" , "cleaner" , "A new - - sweeps clean" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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