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Sweetheart, I cleaned inside of thing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

article

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

'sweetheart i cleaned inside' is the wordplay.
'inside' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'ARTICLE' can be found hidden inside 'sweetheart i cleaned'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for article that I've seen before include "Possibly the" , "It may be the" , "Commodity" , "It could be the" , "Recital (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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