The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PROCURE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PROCURE
- Obtain professional medical treatment
- Obtain advantage over scoundrel with ecstasy
- Get sportsman treatment
- Get successful treatment with early advantage
- Get anything but a quack remedy?
- Appropriate for parish priest in France
- Find an expert to solve a problem
- Get expert to repair
- Get expert to heal
- Contrive to obtain no amateur remedy
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The straight part
We know that "Contrive to obtain" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case contrive to obtain = procure.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PROCURE mean?
PROCURE verb- To acquire or obtain.
- To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
- To induce or persuade someone to do something.
- To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
- To solicit; to entreat.
- To cause to come; to bring; to attract.