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Remedy for a dog with a sore tail (4)

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I believe the answer is:

cure

'remedy' is the definition.
('cure' can be a synonym of 'remedy')

'a dog with a sore tail' is the wordplay.
'a dog' becomes 'cur' (cur is a kind of dog**).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'tail' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'sore' is 'e'.
'cur'+'e'='CURE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for cure that I've seen before include "Foreign priest" , "Preserve by smoking - make better" , "Restore to health or preserve with salt" , "Make better or preserve in salt" , "priest without an accent" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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