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It gives out when pressed in correctly? (9)

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dispenser

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'it gives out when pressed in correctly?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for dispenser that I've seen before include "One filling prescription" , "Chemist" , "ATM" , "Container releasing its contents in prescribed amounts" , "one to give out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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