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Yank accepts place to put waste pipe (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tubing

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'waste pipe' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'yank accepts place' is the wordplay.
'yank' becomes 'tug' (both can mean to pull sharply).
'accepts' is an insertion indicator.
'place' becomes 'bin' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tug' placed around 'bin' is 'TUBING'.

'to put' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tubing that I've seen before include "Length of hose or pipe" , "Amount of pipes" , "Hose or piping" , "Pipe-work" , "Cylindrical length(s) of metal, plastic etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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