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Ridicule medicine or remedy finally (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pillory

'ridicule' is the definition.
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'medicine or remedy finally' is the wordplay.
'medicine' becomes 'pill' (pill is a kind of medicine).
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'remedy' is 'y'.
'pill'+'or'+'y'='PILLORY'

(Other definitions for pillory that I've seen before include "Expose to public ridicule" , "Publicly ridicule" , "Expose to public derision" , "place of punishment" , "Assail; old punishment frame" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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