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Wasting time, I exported nasty bleach (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peroxide

'bleach' is the definition.
(type of bleach)

'wasting time i exported nasty' is the wordplay.
'wasting' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'nasty' indicates anagramming the letters.
'i'+'exported'='iexported'
'iexported' with 't' taken away is 'iexpored'.
'iexpored' is an anagram of 'PEROXIDE'.

(Other definitions for peroxide that I've seen before include "Powerful bleaching agent" , "See 8" , "Hair-bleaching fluid" , "Hair treatment" , "Chemical used to bleach hair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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