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Quantities of painkillers (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

numbers

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This clue might be a double definition.

'quantities' is the first definition.
(number is a kind of quantity)

'painkillers' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for numbers that I've seen before include "They subdue the pain" , "Quantities; Old Testament book" , "anaesthetists?" , "Integers" , "Biblical book - anaesthetics" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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