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Dealt with a poor horse during medical (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

managed

'dealt' is the definition.
('manage' can be a synonym of 'deal')

'a poor horse during medical' is the wordplay.
'poor horse' becomes 'nag' (I've seen this before).
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'medical' becomes 'med' (common abbreviation).
'a'+'nag'='anag'
'anag' put into 'med' is 'MANAGED'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for managed that I've seen before include "Coped" , "Controlled, was in charge of" , "Supervised (staff)" , "Contrived" , "Ran, administered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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