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Doctor named drug, having inflamed wound (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meandered

'wound' is the definition.
('meander' can be a synonym of 'wind')

'doctor named drug having inflamed' is the wordplay.
'doctor' is an anagram indicator.
'drug' becomes 'e' (E is another name for ecstasy).
'having' says to put letters next to each other.
'inflamed' becomes 'red' (synonyms).
'named' is an anagram of 'meand'.
'meand'+'e'+'red'='MEANDERED'

(Other definitions for meandered that I've seen before include "Of stream, followed a winding course" , "(Of river) snaked" , "Wandered around aimlessly" , "Wandered at random" , "Wandered randomly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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