The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OPIATE
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More clues leading to the result OPIATE
- Ring head about one dope
- After medical procedure I had such?
- Love, very good, had to be seen in one man's view of religion
- Narcotic ring spread round tip for imports
- Narcotic drug I consumed after work
- A number good and worried after circular letter
- Old head swallows one drug to help rest
- After operation, I swallowed a painkiller
- Drug, nothing very good to get taken
- Old privateer has no right to drug
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The straight part
We know that "A number" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a number = opiate.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OPIATE mean?
OPIATE noun- A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
- Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.
- To treat with an opiate drug.
- Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
- (pharmaceutical effect) Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
- Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.