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Dismiss special diets containing American drug (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

set aside

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'dismiss' is the definition.
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'special diets containing american drug' is the wordplay.
'special' indicates an anagram.
'containing' indicates putting letters inside.
'american' becomes 'as' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'drug' becomes 'e' (e is another name for ecstasy).
'diets' anagrammed gives 'setid'.
'setid' enclosing 'as' is 'setasid'.
'setasid'+'e'='SET-ASIDE'

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(Other definitions for set aside that I've seen before include "Discount" , "Reserve(d) in advance" , "Reserve or put away" , "Policy for leaving land alone" , "kept for later" .)

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