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Plot to get drug for old monk (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bede

'old monk' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'plot to get drug' is the wordplay.
'plot' becomes 'bed' (a plot of land).
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drug' becomes 'e' (E is another name for ecstasy).
'bed'+'e'='BEDE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for bede that I've seen before include "Venerable English saint" , "Venerable English historian, d. 735" , "Venerable author of The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, d. 735" , "Early English historian" , "venerable person?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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