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Keep still while you anaesthetise (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

freeze

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This clue might be a double definition.

'keep still while' is the first definition.
'freeze' can be an answer for 'keep' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'still while' bit.

'anaesthetise' is the second definition.
(freezing is a kind of anaesthetizing)

'you' is the link.

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(Other definitions for freeze that I've seen before include "Peg" , "period of cold weather" , "shivering" , "Harden into ice" , "Suspend" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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