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No way to take strong drink — a quack remedy (7)

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I believe the answer is:

nostrum

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'a quack remedy' is the definition.
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'no way to take strong drink' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'um' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to take' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'strong' becomes 'str' (abbreviation for strong).
'drink' is an insertion indicator.
'no'+'um'='noum'
'noum' enclosing 'str' is 'NOSTRUM'.

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(Other definitions for nostrum that I've seen before include "Quack cure" , "Ineffective medical preparation" , "Quack remedy or pet scheme" , "Quack medicine - run most (anag)" , "Must Ron take a quack remedy?" .)

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