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Score synthetic meth and use thus (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

sheet music

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

'synthetic meth and use thus' is the wordplay.
'synthetic' is an anagram indicator.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'thus' becomes 'sic' (synonyms).
'meth' put after 'use' is 'usemeth'.
'usemeth' is an anagram of 'sheetmu'.
'sheetmu'+'sic'='SHEET MUSIC'

(Other definitions for sheet music that I've seen before include "Leaves with scores" , "Printed part for performer" , "printed notepaper?" , "score" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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