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Police fire on pub which produces drug (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ibuprofen

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'produces drug' is the definition.
'ibuprofen' can be an answer for 'drug' (ibuprofen is a kind of drug). I'm not sure about the 'produces' bit.

'police fire on pub' is the wordplay.
'police' indicates anagramming the letters (police can mean to control or manage).
'fire'+'on'+'pub'='fireonpub'
'fireonpub' with letters rearranged gives 'IBUPROFEN'.

'which' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for ibuprofen that I've seen before include "Painkiller" , "Drug" , "Anti-inflammatory medicine" , "anaesthetic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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