The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word REHAB
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More clues leading to the result REHAB
- Book a woman’s back treatment
- What’s swallowed by staff about to provide treatment
- Swimmer wasting time over process of getting better
- Where to be rescued from severe habit?
- Man in pub falls over? This clearly hasn't worked
- Graduate female’s suffering setback – restorative treatment needed
- Expressions of frustration and uncertainty arising in health facility
- Initially relapsing, every heroin addict battles recovery
- Man entering pub’s rejected treatment
- What’s taken into staff about to give treatment
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The straight part
We know that "This clearly hasn't worked" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case this clearly hasn't worked = rehab.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 REHAB mean?
REHAB noun- Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
- An institution for rehabilitation.
- To rehabilitate.