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Chemical I had got on account (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acid

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'chemical' is the definition.
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'i had got on account' is the wordplay.
'had got' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'account' becomes 'ac' (abbreviation for account).
'i'+'d'='id'
'id' after 'ac' is 'ACID'.

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(Other definitions for acid that I've seen before include "Polluted precipitation" , "Biting - tart" , "Bitter - drug" , "- - -drop, sweet" , "scathing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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