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Nothing in wet rubbish left drier (5)

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I believe the answer is:

towel

'drier' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nothing in wet rubbish left' is the wordplay.
'nothing in' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'rubbish' indicates anagramming the letters.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'o'+'wet'='owet'
'owet' anagrammed gives 'towe'.
'towe'+'l'='TOWEL'

(Other definitions for towel that I've seen before include "what sweater needs?" , "Piece of absorbent cloth or paper for drying" , "Bathroom cloth" , "This could dry up" , "Owlet (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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