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Substitute from US got rare treatment (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

surrogate

'substitute' is the definition.
(surrogate is a kind of substitute)

'us got rare treatment' is the wordplay.
'treatment' is an anagram indicator.
'us'+'got'+'rare'='usgotrare'
'usgotrare' with letters rearranged gives 'SURROGATE'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for surrogate that I've seen before include "(A) substitute in office" , "Deputising substitute" , "stand-in" , "Argues about rot with substitute or deputy" , "One standing in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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