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Throw goes with current entryway carpet (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

castigate

'carpet' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'throw goes with current entryway' is the wordplay.
'throw' becomes 'cast' (cast is a kind of throw).
'goes with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'current' becomes 'I' (symbol for electric current).
'entryway' becomes 'gate' (I've seen this in another clue).
'cast'+'i'+'gate'='CASTIGATE'

(Other definitions for castigate that I've seen before include "Slap down" , "Censure severely" , "Rebuke severely" , "Take a piece out of" , "Severely reprimand" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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