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Oral, noxious drug container (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vial

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'drug container' is the definition.
'vial' can be an answer for 'container' (vial is a kind of container). I'm unsure of the 'drug' bit.

'oral noxious' is the wordplay.
'oral' shows a homophone (sound like) (how it sounds when spoken).
'noxious' becomes 'vile' (I've seen this before).
'vile' sounds like 'VIAL'.

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(Other definitions for vial that I've seen before include "Small medicine bottle" , "Ampoule" , "Small glass container" , "Not much bottle" , "Bottle that contains a drug" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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