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Dead wrong about the medical centre receiving support (5)

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aided

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'dead wrong about the medical centre receiving support' is the definition.
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'dead wrong about the medical centre' is the wordplay.
'wrong' is an anagram indicator.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'centre' indicates the central letters.
The middle letter of 'medical' is 'i'.
'dead' is an anagram of 'aded'.
'aded' enclosing 'i' is 'AIDED'.

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(Other definitions for aided that I've seen before include "not under their own steam?" , "'Assisted, helped (5)'" , "given assistance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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