Allocations losing the right medications (7)
I believe the answer is:
potions
'medications' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'allocations losing the right' is the wordplay.
'allocations' becomes 'portions' (portion is a kind of allocation).
'losing' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'the right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'portions' with 'r' taken out is 'POTIONS'.
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