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Ways to apply remedies, stand troops before Eliot (10)

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I believe the answer is:

treatments

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'ways' is the definition.
(treatment is a kind of way)

'stand troops before eliot' is the wordplay.
'stand' becomes 'treat' (both can mean to provide with food).
'troops' becomes 'men' (men can mean soldiers).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'eliot' becomes 'ts' (poet TS Eliot).
'treat'+'men'+'ts'='TREATMENTS'

'to apply remedies' is the link.
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