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Soil satin material (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stain

'soil' is the definition.
(I know that soil can be written as stain)

'satin material' is the wordplay.
'material' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters provide the material for a new word).
'satin' is an anagram of 'STAIN'.

(Other definitions for stain that I've seen before include "Stigma" , "Blotch on satin" , "Discoloured mark" , "Blot" , "Unsightly mark" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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