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Create a draught that you could do without? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dispense

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(Other definitions for dispense that I've seen before include "Prepare and distribute medicine" , "Enforce (justice)" , "Deal out or distribute" , "Execute" , "Supply (as chemist)" .)

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