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Medical facility quick to bandage injury (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pharmacy

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'medical facility' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'quick to bandage injury' is the wordplay.
'quick' becomes 'pacy'.
'to bandage' is an insertion indicator (some letters wrap others up).
'injury' becomes 'harm' (synonyms).
'pacy' going around 'harm' is 'PHARMACY'.

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(Other definitions for pharmacy that I've seen before include "Where chemist works" , "where a remedy is sought" , "It dispenses medicines" , "Medical establishment" , "Where drugs are dispensed" .)

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