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Dodgy Tory -- a cheap supplier of drugs (10)

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I believe the answer is:

apothecary

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'supplier of drugs' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
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'dodgy tory a cheap' is the wordplay.
'dodgy' indicates an anagram (a dodgy or wrong order of the letters).
'tory'+'a'+'cheap'='toryacheap'
'toryacheap' with letters rearranged gives 'APOTHECARY'.

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(Other definitions for apothecary that I've seen before include "Drug supplier" , "Old-style chemist" , "Drug dispenser" , "dealer, old-style" , "Old-style pharmacist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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