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Cleopatra foolishly drinking in the morning - this to feel better? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paracetamol

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'this to feel better?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'cleopatra foolishly drinking in the morning' is the wordplay.
'foolishly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'drinking' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are consumed or drunk).
'in the morning' becomes 'am' (AM on a clock).
'cleopatra' with letters rearranged gives 'paracetol'.
'paracetol' going around 'am' is 'PARACETAMOL'.

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(Other definitions for paracetamol that I've seen before include "Common analgesic" , "Pain/fever reliever" , "Synthetic painkiller" , "Common remedy" , "Number" .)

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