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Need dream to heal wound (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meandered

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'wound' is the definition.
('meander' can be a synonym of 'wind')

'need dream to heal' is the wordplay.
'need dream' anagrams to 'MEANDERED'.
Though, I'm unsure how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for meandered that I've seen before include "Named deer who wandered about" , "Of stream, followed a winding course" , "(Of river) snaked" , "Wandered around aimlessly" , "Wandered randomly" .)

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