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Think it's included in medicine consumed orally? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meditate

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'think' is the definition.
(meditating is a kind of thinking)

'it's included in medicine consumed orally?' is the wordplay.
'it's' becomes 'it' (I've seen this in other clues).
'included in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'medicine' becomes 'med' (as in the informal term 'meds').
'consumed orally?' becomes 'ate' (eating is a kind of consuming. I am not sure about the 'orally?' bit.**).
'med'+'ate'='medate'
'it' going within 'medate' is 'MEDITATE'.

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(Other definitions for meditate that I've seen before include "Cogitate" , "brood" , "Muse" , "Ruminate" , "Relax mentally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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