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Contaminate fully-fledged Ecstasy with speed (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adulterate

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'contaminate' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'fully-fledged ecstasy with speed' is the wordplay.
'fully-fledged' becomes 'adult' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ecstasy' becomes 'E' (informal term for the drug).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'speed' becomes 'rate' (both can mean pace).
'adult'+'e'+'rate'='ADULTERATE'

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(Other definitions for adulterate that I've seen before include "Contaminate" , "Doctor" , "Make impure by addition" , "Spike" , "Make poorer by adding another substance" .)

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