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Poisonous substance manufactured in a European port (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

atropine

'poisonous substance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'manufactured in a european port' is the wordplay.
'manufactured' indicates an anagram.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'in'+'a'+'e'+'port'='inaeport'
'inaeport' is an anagram of 'ATROPINE'.

(Other definitions for atropine that I've seen before include "Poison found in deadly nightshade used as a drug" , "Drug obtained from deadly nightshade" , "A pointer (anag) - belladonna" , "Poisonous substance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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