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refer

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(Other definitions for refer that I've seen before include "Send or direct to a specialist" , "Freer (anag.)" , "Send a patient to a specialist" , "Make allusion, or turn to for information" , "Pertain or cite" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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