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Drug a nice gal's sorted (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

analgesic

'drug' is the definition.
(analgesic is a kind of drug)

'a nice gal's sorted' is the wordplay.
'sorted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nice'+'gals'='nicegals'
'nicegals' is an anagram of 'nalgesic'.
'a'+'nalgesic'='ANALGESIC'

(Other definitions for analgesic that I've seen before include "result is soothing" , "Relieving pain" , "Pain-releaving drug" , "number" , "A medicine used to relieve pain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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