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Mind - one might have to be hung out to dry after this, as it's part of the conditioning

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brainwashing

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'the conditioning' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'mind one might have' is the wordplay.
'mind' becomes 'brain' ('brain' can be a synonym of 'mind').
'one might have' becomes 'washing' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'brain'+'washing'='BRAINWASHING'

'to be hung out to dry after this as it's part of' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for brainwashing that I've seen before include "Changing mind" , "Totally indoctrinating" , "Systematic indoctrination" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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