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Daily for Conservative who's not so thick (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cleaner

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'daily' is the definition.
(dated term for a woman cleaner)

'conservative who's not so thick' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'conservative' could be 'c' (UK political abbreviation) and 'c' is found in the answer.
'not so thick' could be 'leaner' (lean means thin or narrow) and 'leaner' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for cleaner that I've seen before include "Char; less dirty" , "less sleazy?" , "Char, daily" , "More sanitary" , "Eg, char" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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