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Rubbish effect of drug, ecstasy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tripe

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'rubbish' is the definition.
(both can mean nonsense)

'effect of drug ecstasy' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'drug' could be 'e' (E is another name for ecstasy) and 'e' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'trip' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for tripe that I've seen before include "Ruminant's stomach lining" , "Cow's stomach lining used as food" , "Edible lining of cow's stomach - rubbish" , "Rubbish (edible, maybe)" , "Rot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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