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Oddball diet not a cure (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antidote

'cure' is the definition.
(antidote is a kind of cure)

'oddball diet not a' is the wordplay.
'oddball' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'diet'+'not'+'a'='dietnota'
'dietnota' is an anagram of 'ANTIDOTE'.

(Other definitions for antidote that I've seen before include "Counteracting medicine" , "It is used to counteract poison" , "simple remedy" , "Agent counteracting a poison" , "A remedy for poison (8)." .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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