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Got together and took single drug (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

methadone

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

'got together and took single' is the wordplay.
'got together' becomes 'met' (meeting is a kind of getting together).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'took' becomes 'had' ('have' can be a synonym of 'take').
'single' becomes 'one' (I've seen this before).
'met'+'had'+'one'='METHADONE'

(Other definitions for methadone that I've seen before include "Synthetic analgesic" , "Synthetic drug taken to replace heroin" , "Drug used in treating heroin addiction" , "Narcotic analgesic drug" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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