Anticipating men avoiding cough medicine? (9)
I believe the answer is:
expectant
'anticipating' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'men avoiding cough medicine?' is the wordplay.
'men' becomes 'or' (I've seen this in other clues).
'avoiding' is a deletion indicator.
'cough medicine?' becomes 'expectorant' (I've seen this before).
'expectorant' with 'or' removed is 'EXPECTANT'.
(Other definitions for expectant that I've seen before include "Anticipating" , "Waiting for something" , "Eagerly awaiting" , "in the club" , "Pregnant" .)