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Article on bungled capture is initially aiding recovery (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

therapeutic

'aiding recovery' is the definition.
(something therapeutic aids recovery)

'article on bungled capture is initially' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'bungled' indicates an anagram.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'is' is 'i'.
'capture'+'i'='capturei'
'capturei' anagrammed gives 'rapeutic'.
'the'+'rapeutic'='THERAPEUTIC'

(Other definitions for therapeutic that I've seen before include "Sanative" , "of healthy properties" , "Contributing to good heath" , "Curative" , "to improve one's health" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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