May be claimed to be good for what ails you (7)

I believe the answer is:

medical

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'be good for what ails you' is the definition.
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'may be claimed' is the wordplay.
'may be' indicates anagramming the letters.
'claimed' with letters rearranged gives 'MEDICAL'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for medical that I've seen before include "Doctor's test" , "Fitness examination" , "Thorough health check" , "Of the healing sciences" , "Check-up - declaim (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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