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Healing mild acne I developed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

medicinal

'healing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mild acne i developed' is the wordplay.
'developed' indicates an anagram.
'mild'+'acne'+'i'='mildacnei'
'mildacnei' is an anagram of 'MEDICINAL'.

(Other definitions for medicinal that I've seen before include "Having healing properties" , "concerning drugs" , "Lily 15's invention" , "Good for you!" , "of a health-giving nature?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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