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Toilet-cleaning equipment to keep at arms length? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

looroll

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'keep at arms length?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'toilet-cleaning equipment' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'toilet' could be 'loo' (loo can informally mean a toilet) and 'loo' is found within the answer.
'equipment' could be 'roll' (roll is a kind of equipment) and 'roll' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' is the link.

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(Another definition for looroll that I've seen is " Leaves in bog".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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