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Cure present people before time (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treatment

'cure' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'present people before time' is the wordplay.
'present' becomes 'treat' (treating is a kind of presenting).
'people' becomes 'men' (men are people).
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'treat'+'men'+'t'='TREATMENT'

(Other definitions for treatment that I've seen before include "Cure, remedy" , "Care provided to improve a situation" , "Discussion" , "Medical attention" , "course of drugs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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