Poisonous alkaloid made into nice mixture (8)

I believe the answer is:

nicotine

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'poisonous alkaloid' is the definition.
'nicotine' can be an answer for 'alkaloid' (nicotine is a kind of alkaloid). I'm not sure about the 'poisonous' bit.

'into nice mixture' is the wordplay.
'mixture' is an anagram indicator.
'into'+'nice'='intonice'
'intonice' anagrammed gives 'NICOTINE'.

'made' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for nicotine that I've seen before include "Addictive drug" , "Hooker" , "Drug often smoked" , "Once in it (anag)" , "Chemical in cigarette" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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