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Sort out Tory with a cheap drug dealer (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apothecary

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

'sort out tory with a cheap' is the wordplay.
'sort out' is an anagram indicator.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a'+'cheap'='acheap'
'tory' after 'acheap' is 'acheaptory'.
'acheaptory' is an anagram of 'APOTHECARY'.

(Other definitions for apothecary that I've seen before include "Drug supplier" , "Old-style chemist" , "Old-style pharmacist" , "Old drug dealer" , "dealer, old-style" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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