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Check pins used for shock treatment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inspect

'check' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pins used for shock treatment' is the wordplay.
'used' is an anagram indicator.
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'shock treatment' becomes 'ECT' (ECT is an example).
'pins' is an anagram of 'insp'.
'insp'+'ect'='INSPECT'

(Other definitions for inspect that I've seen before include "Check" , "Look critically at" , "Scrutinize, audit" , "Ecamine closely" , "Study" .)

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