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This is no way to drink patent medicine (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nostrum

'patent medicine' is the definition.
(nostrum is a kind of patent medicine)

'this is no way to drink' is the wordplay.
'this is no' becomes 'no'.
'way' becomes 'st'.
'to drink' becomes 'rum' (I've seen this before**).
'no'+'st'+'rum'='NOSTRUM'

(Other definitions for nostrum that I've seen before include "Quack remedy or pet scheme" , "Patent medicine of highly questionable value" , "Simple, remedy" , "Ineffective medical preparation" , "Quack cure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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