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Stable and occasionally strong anaesthetic (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

together

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

'occasionally strong anaesthetic' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
'anaesthetic' becomes 'ether' (ether is a kind of anaesthetic).
The alternating letters of 'strong' are 'tog'.
'tog'+'ether'='TOGETHER'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for together that I've seen before include "In combination" , "in league" , "United; in agreement" , "Collected" , "Not apart" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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