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A nice gal’s unconventional painkiller (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

analgesic

'painkiller' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a nice gal's unconventional' is the wordplay.
'unconventional' is an anagram indicator.
'nice'+'gals'='nicegals'
'nicegals' is an anagram of 'nalgesic'.
'a'+'nalgesic'='ANALGESIC'

(Other definitions for analgesic that I've seen before include "Pain reliever" , "number" , "Pain-releaving drug" , "A medicine used to relieve pain" , "Pain-killer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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