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Oddly drowsier with this medicine (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dose

'this medicine' is the definition.
(dose is a kind of medicine)

'oddly drowsier' is the wordplay.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
The alternating letters of 'drowsier' are 'DOSE'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dose that I've seen before include "Medicate" , "some Viagra, perhaps?" , "Helping of medicine" , "Measured quantity of medicine" , "Measure of drug" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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