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The right medicine for a female about to go droopy (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dosage

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'go droopy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'the right medicine for a female about' is the wordplay.
'the right medicine for' becomes 'sag' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a female' becomes 'doe' (female deer).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'sag' put inside 'doe' is 'DOSAGE'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for dosage that I've seen before include "Giving of medicine in prescribed amount" , "quantity of drug" , "Correct use of a prescribed drug" , "Medicine administered" , "Sea dog (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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