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Drug dealer court put under house arrest! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

doctor

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'drug' is the definition.
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'dealer court put under house arrest' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'court' could be 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names) and 'ct' is found within the answer.
'house' could be 'door' (door is a kind of house) and 'door' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for doctor that I've seen before include "Licensed medical practitioner" , "Medical professional or university don" , "change" , "GP" , "Who perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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