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EU doles willy-nilly: treat for parasites! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delouse

'treat for parasites' is the definition.
(remove lice)

'eu doles willy-nilly' is the wordplay.
'willy-nilly' is an anagram indicator (willy-nilly means randomly or without planning).
'eu'+'doles'='eudoles'
'eudoles' is an anagram of 'DELOUSE'.

(Other definitions for delouse that I've seen before include "remove bugs" , "Get rid of lice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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