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I cure rising California detectives seedy output (6,4)

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I believe the answer is:

erucic acid

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'seedy output' is the definition.
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'i cure rising california detectives' is the wordplay.
'rising' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'california' becomes 'ca' (abbreviation).
'detectives' becomes 'CID' (abbreviation for Criminal Investigation Department).
'i'+'cure'='icure'
'icure' in reverse letter order is 'eruci'.
'eruci'+'ca'+'cid'='ERUCIC ACID'

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