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Bring law in to drop sugar (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lactose

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'sugar' is the definition.
(I know that lactose is a type of disaccharide)

'bring law in to drop' is the wordplay.
'bring law' becomes 'act' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'to drop' becomes 'lose' (I've seen this in other clues).
'act' put within 'lose' is 'LACTOSE'.

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(Other definitions for lactose that I've seen before include "Constituent of milk" , "White substance in milk" , "Sugar found in milk" , "A sugar present in milk" , "Part of milk" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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