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Mother's wise to have physiotherapy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

massage

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'have physiotherapy' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'mother's wise' is the wordplay.
'mother's' becomes 'ma's' (ma can mean mother).
'wise' becomes 'sage' (similar in meaning).
'mas'+'sage'='MASSAGE'

'to' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for massage that I've seen before include "Manipulation of the muscles" , "therapeutic treatment" , "Present favourably" , "Knead" , "Manipulate to get better results" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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