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Bring in acne treatment of significance (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

importance

'significance' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Great significance ' mean 'importance' so perhaps 'significance' could also mean 'importance')

'bring in acne treatment' is the wordplay.
'bring in' becomes 'import' (I've seen this before**).
'treatment' indicates an anagram.
'acne' with letters rearranged gives 'ance'.
'import'+'ance'='IMPORTANCE'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for importance that I've seen before include "moment" , "The -- of Being Earnest" , "weight" , "Great significance" , "value" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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