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Deal close to drug mule taking tablets in grams? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

legumes

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'grams?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.

'deal close to drug mule taking tablets' is the wordplay.
'deal' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'dealt' mean this).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the 'close' to the word).
'taking' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'tablets' becomes 'es' (E can refer to an ecstasy tablet).
The final letter of 'drug' is 'g'.
'g'+'mule'='gmule'
'gmule' is an anagram of 'legum'.
'legum'+'es'='LEGUMES'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for legumes that I've seen before include "Plants that bear their seeds in pods" , "Pulse" , "Peas, beans, and lentils" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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