The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 7 letter word CARPET SWEEPER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CARPET SWEEPER
- Keen after favourites put in tender for cleaner
- Cleaner, one in tears after reprimands
- Cleaner animals show distress, seized by nurse
- Reprimands keener cleaner
- Cleaner reprimands mourner
- Cleaner range kept by nameless woodworker
- Cleaner reprimands person in tears
- One complaining must accept maybe dog’s little cleaner
- Cleaner scolds one crying
- Chew out soccer player that cleans up
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The straight part
We know that "cleaner" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cleaner = carpet sweeper.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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