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Possibly free herbal extract in a cigarette (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reefer

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'a cigarette' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'possibly free herbal extract' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'herbal extract' becomes 'er' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'free' with letters rearranged gives 'reef'.
'reef'+'er'='REEFER'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for reefer that I've seen before include "A sailor's jacket or marijuana cigarette" , "Unofficial smoking" , "refrigerated transport" , "Easy" , "Canvas trimmer" .)

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