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Poison from caries treated with nitrogen (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arsenic

'poison' is the definition.
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'caries treated with nitrogen' is the wordplay.
'treated with' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nitrogen' becomes 'n' ('N' can be a synonym of 'nitrogen').
'caries' with its letters anagrammed with 'n' gives 'ARSENIC'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for arsenic that I've seen before include "Brittle grey-green semi-metal, atomic number 33" , "Element No 33" , "Ratsbane" , "As briefly identified" , "Poison found in races" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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