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Clean out of eccentrically redesigned child's plaything (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tricycle

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'child's plaything' 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?

'clean out of eccentrically redesigned' is the wordplay.
'out of' suggests deleting specific letters ('out of' can mean no longer having).
'redesigned' indicates an anagram.
'eccentrically' with 'clean' removed is 'cetricly'.
'cetricly' anagrammed gives 'TRICYCLE'.

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(Other definitions for tricycle that I've seen before include "easy ride?" , "Child's three-wheeler" , "transport for children" , "wheeled transport" , "Three-wheeled vehicle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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