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Gave to others and did without oneself (9)

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I believe the answer is:

dispensed

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'gave' is the definition.
(dispensing is a kind of giving)

'did without oneself' is the wordplay.
'without' is an insertion indicator ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'oneself' becomes 'spense' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'did' going around 'spense' is 'DISPENSED'.

'to others and' is the link.
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(Another definition for dispensed that I've seen is " Gave out medicines".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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