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Rubbish drug experience with ecstasy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tripe

'rubbish' is the definition.
(both can mean nonsense)

'drug experience with ecstasy' is the wordplay.
'drug experience' becomes 'trip' (as in tripping on drugs).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ecstasy' becomes 'E' (informal term for the drug).
'trip'+'e'='TRIPE'

(Other definitions for tripe that I've seen before include "Edible nonsense?" , "Ruminant's stomach lining" , "Lining of the stomach of a cow as food" , "Rubbish; offal" , "Garbage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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