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Truss getting in to class A drug - make official... (9)

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I believe the answer is:

formalize

'make official' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'truss getting in to class a drug' is the wordplay.
'truss' becomes 'Liz' (UK politician Liz Truss).
'getting in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'to class' becomes 'form' (synonyms).
'drug' becomes 'e' (E is another name for ecstasy).
'form'+'a'+'e'='formae'
'liz' inserted into 'formae' is 'FORMALIZE'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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