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Valets set out spotless one (6)

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I believe the answer is:

vestal

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'out spotless one' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'valets set' is the wordplay.
'set' indicates an anagram (instruction to set the letters).
'valets' with letters rearranged gives 'VESTAL'.

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(Other definitions for vestal that I've seen before include "Like virgins of old" , "Valets for old Roman virgin" , "Chaste (Roman priestess)" , "Fat for candles/soap" , "Virgin charged with keeping alight the fire on the altar to a Roman goddess" .)

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