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Drug that's suppressing British university don's pain at last (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ibuprofen

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

'suppressing british university don's pain at last' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'british' could be 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC') and 'b' is present in the answer.
'university' could be 'u' (abbreviation for university) and 'u' is located in the answer.
'last' could be 'f' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'f' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'that's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ibuprofen that I've seen before include "Anti-inflammatory medicine" , "Drug" , "anaesthetic" , "Painkiller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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