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Put out drugs for trials (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crosses

'trials' is the definition.
('cross' can be a synonym of 'trial')

'put out drugs' is the wordplay.
'put out' becomes 'cross' (I've seen this before).
'drugs' becomes 'es' (E is a term for an ecstasy pill).
'cross'+'es'='CROSSES'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for crosses that I've seen before include "Traverses" , "Goes over" , "religious symbols" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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