The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ENDORPHIN
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More clues leading to the result ENDORPHIN
- Object to alternative level of acid in painkiller
- Upper Rhine pond suffers pollution
- Hormone in hen — products not half contaminated
- No diner gets order around pub — it could produce a rush!
- Ponder varying hydrogen in body chemical
- Pain suppressant, one for a parentless child, given on purpose
- Send for GP to get pain-killer
- Dodgily roped in to swallow hot new painkiller
- Crackpot phoned in to obtain queen’s personal number
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The straight part
We know that "Pain suppressant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pain suppressant = endorphin.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 ENDORPHIN mean?
ENDORPHIN noun- Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.