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Trite remark from medic about to probe blushing woman? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bromide

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'trite remark' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'medic about to probe blushing woman?' is the wordplay.
'medic' becomes 'mo' (medical officer).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'to probe' indicates putting letters inside (probe can mean to poke into).
'blushing woman?' becomes 'bride' (I am not sure about the 'blushing' bit.).
'mo' back-to-front is 'om'.
'om' inserted into 'bride' is 'BROMIDE'.

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(Other definitions for bromide that I've seen before include "that could send you to sleep?" , "Trite remark" , "Sedative" , "Trite fob-off" , "print" .)

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