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Ignore hipster's essentially strange solution for everything (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nostrum

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'solution for everything' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'ignore hipster's essentially strange' is the wordplay.
'ignore' becomes 'no' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'essentially' says to take the centre.
'strange' becomes 'rum' (similar in meaning).
The central letters of 'hipsters' are 'st'.
'no'+'st'+'rum'='NOSTRUM'

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(Other definitions for nostrum that I've seen before include "Patent medicine with questionable efficacy" , "Ineffective medicine" , "Quack cure" , "Ineffective medical preparation" , "our Latin" .)

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