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Cleaners dragged politician out of dumpsters (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dusters

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'cleaners dragged' is the definition.
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'politician out of dumpsters' is the wordplay.
'politician' becomes 'pm' (short for prime minister).
'out of' suggests deleting specific letters.
'dumpsters' with 'pm' taken out is 'DUSTERS'.

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