Ranch dressing leaves punters discontented (5)

I believe the answer is:

chaps

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'ranch dressing leaves punters discontented' is the definition.
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'leaves punters discontented' is the wordplay.
'leaves' becomes 'cha' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'discontented' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (the word's contents are removed).
'punters' with its middle taken out is 'ps'.
'cha'+'ps'='CHAPS'

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(Other definitions for chaps that I've seen before include "Guy's" , "Men; leather trousers" , "People" , "Cowboy leggings" , "Blokes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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