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Wipe top of cooker with very little fat on (5)

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I believe the answer is:

clean

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'wipe' is the definition.
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'top of cooker with very little fat on' is the wordplay.
'top of' indicates taking the first letters.
'with very little fat' becomes 'lean' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
The first letter of 'cooker' is 'c'.
'c'+'lean'='CLEAN'

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(Other definitions for clean that I've seen before include "Squeaky?" , "Devoid of dirt" , "Free from dirt; well defined" , "Sterile" , "Second part of 18" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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