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Drug could have bearing on the case (8)

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I believe the answer is:

sedative

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'drug' is the definition.
(I know that sedative is a type of medicament)

'bearing on the case' is the wordplay.
'bearing' becomes 'SE' (south east, a compass bearing).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'the case' becomes 'dative' (the dative case in grammar).
'se'+'dative'='SEDATIVE'

'could have' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for sedative that I've seen before include "Drug to make one sleep" , "Sleeping drug" , "Tranquillising drug" , "having soothing effect" , "Dates I've changed for a tranquiliser" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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