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Mother is wise to get therapy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

massage

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'therapy' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'mother is wise' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'mas' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'is wise' becomes 'sage' (similar in meaning).
'mas'+'sage'='MASSAGE'

'to get' is the link.

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(Other definitions for massage that I've seen before include "Present favourably" , "Manipulate to get better results" , "therapeutic treatment" , "Knead" , "Manipulate the muscles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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