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Doctor of mercy to get medicinal herb (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

comfrey

'medicinal herb' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'doctor of mercy' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates an anagram.
'of'+'mercy'='ofmercy'
'ofmercy' with letters rearranged gives 'COMFREY'.

'to get' is the link.

(Other definitions for comfrey that I've seen before include "Hairy-leaved plant" , "Hairy-leaf, medicinal herb" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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