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A cure gone wrong creates stir (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

encourage

'stir' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a cure gone wrong' is the wordplay.
'wrong' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'cure'+'gone'='acuregone'
'acuregone' with letters rearranged gives 'ENCOURAGE'.

'creates' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for encourage that I've seen before include "Recommend" , "Give hope to (someone)" , "Give hope or confidence to, help to advance" , "Cheer" , "Give support, confidence or hope to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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