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Does Adams doctor practise alternative medicine? (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

faith healer

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'practise alternative medicine?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'does adams doctor' is the wordplay.
'does adams' becomes 'faith' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'doctor' becomes 'healer' (I've seen this in another clue).
'faith'+'healer'='FAITH-HEALER'

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(Other definitions for faith healer that I've seen before include "One curing by prayer" , "One treating the sick by means of religious belief" , "Person supposedly treating another through religious powers" , "One treating with prayer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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