Numbing drug (11)

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anaesthetic

(Other definitions for anaesthetic that I've seen before include "Knockout drug" , "painkiller" , "A number of theatres" , "Theatre number" , "puts people in theatre to sleep" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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