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Patent medicine (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nostrum

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">patent medicine</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(nostrum is a kind of patent medicine)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for nostrum that I've seen before include "secret potion" , "Quack cure" , "Supposed remedy" , "Quack remedy or pet scheme" , "Phoney panacea" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Guardian.
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