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Dubious plastic surgeon won't take tonics recommended for light sleeper (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earplugs

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'recommended for light sleeper' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'dubious plastic surgeon won't take tonics' is the wordplay.
'dubious' indicates anagramming the letters.
'won't take' is a deletion indicator.
'plastic'+'surgeon'='plasticsurgeon'
'plasticsurgeon' with 'tonics' taken away is 'plasurge'.
'plasurge' is an anagram of 'EARPLUGS'.

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(Other definitions for earplugs that I've seen before include "aids to sleep?" , "Stoppers to keep noise out" , "noise abatement aids" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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