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Poison in cure leads to convictions (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

opinions

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'convictions' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'poison in cure' is the wordplay.
'cure' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'cured' mean this).
'poison'+'in'='poisonin'
'poisonin' with letters rearranged gives 'OPINIONS'.

'leads to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for opinions that I've seen before include "'Beliefs, judgments (8)'" , "Personal beliefs or judgments" , "Personal views" , "Macbeth bought golden ones" , "Points of view, judgments" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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