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If food found at bottom of hole, teeth cleaner (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dentifrice

'teeth cleaner' is the definition.
(paste for cleaning teeth)

'if food found at bottom of hole' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'rice' (rice is a kind of food).
'found at bottom of' says to put letters next to each other.
'hole' becomes 'dent'.
'if'+'rice'='ifrice'
'ifrice' after 'dent' is 'DENTIFRICE'.

(Other definitions for dentifrice that I've seen before include "Tooth cleanser" , "cleaner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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