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Amount of drugs given by guru after party (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dosage

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'amount of drugs' is the definition.
'dosage' can be an answer for 'amount' (dosage is a kind of amount). I'm not certain of the 'of drugs' bit.

'guru after party' is the wordplay.
'guru' becomes 'sage' (synonyms).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'sage' after 'do' is 'DOSAGE'.

'given by' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dosage that I've seen before include "The giving of medication in prescribed amount" , "Correct use of a prescribed drug" , "measure" , "Giving of medicine in prescribed amount" , "Measured amount of medicine to be taken" .)

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