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We may get a lot out of it in the bathroom! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

towel

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'the bathroom' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'we may get a lot out of it' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'we' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'lot' is 'tol' which is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for towel that I've seen before include "Dryer" , "Bathroom cloth" , "Drier" , "This could dry up" , "Bathroom item" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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