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Procedure involving drug’s expensive (5)

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steep

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

'procedure involving drug's' is the wordplay.
'procedure' becomes 'step' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'involving' is an insertion indicator.
'drug' becomes 'e' (e is another name for ecstasy).
'step' placed around 'e' is 'STEEP'.

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(Other definitions for steep that I've seen before include "Rapidly rising" , "Marinate" , "Saturate; precipitous" , "Almost perpendicular" , "not reasonable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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