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Treatment for swelling in reserve team? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

icepack

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'reserve team?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'treatment for swelling in' is the wordplay.
'treatment' becomes 'pack' (pack is a kind of treatment).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'swelling in' becomes 'ice' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pack' after 'ice' is 'ICEPACK'.

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(Other definitions for icepack that I've seen before include "something from physio's bag?" , "potential spine-chiller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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