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Rile about getting cricket team panacea (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elixir

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

'rile about getting cricket team' is the wordplay.
'about' says the letters should be written backwards.
'getting' is an insertion indicator.
'cricket team' becomes 'XI' (a cricket team, from Roman numerals for 11).
'rile' in reverse letter order is 'elir'.
'elir' enclosing 'xi' is 'ELIXIR'.

(Other definitions for elixir that I've seen before include "The old alchemists sought this of life" , "Sweet-tasting potion" , "Magic potion" , "Cure-all potion" , "Panacea, nostrum" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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