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Treatment providing cure - cut up an eccentric (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acupuncture

'treatment' is the definition.
(acupuncture is a kind of treatment)

'cure cut up an eccentric' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cure'+'cut'+'up'+'an'='curecutupan'
'curecutupan' with letters rearranged gives 'ACUPUNCTURE'.

'providing' is the link.

(Other definitions for acupuncture that I've seen before include "Complementary medicine using needles" , "Method of treatment with needles" , "Alternative treatment using needles" , "Pain relief by needles" , "Form of alternative medicine" .)

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