| Drug without effect to fix personal pong (7) |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Sep 2025 |
| Imitation medicine (7) |
Puzzler |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Drug substitute in location: Bilbao's outskirts (7) |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Aug 2025 |
| Imitation medicine |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Aug 2025 |
| Identify personal pong this won't cure? |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Dummy pill |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Kind of medication put on brow occasionally |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Replace bottle holding inactive medication (7) |
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| A pill or medicine given more for psychological benefit than medical effect (7) |
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| British alternative rock band formed in 1994 by Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal (7) |
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| Spot bachelor getting ordinary fake medicine (7) |
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| Dummy pill (7) |
Mirror Classic |
06 Jun 2025 |
| What has nothing to do during a medical trial? |
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| Bad smell after spot medication, possibly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Apr 2025 |
| Psychologically effective drug (7) |
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| Dummy pill |
Mirror Tea Time |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Fake tablet (7) |
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| Remember most of boy's ineffective medication (7) |
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| Rank smell, maybe snake-oil |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Replace bottle containing dummy drug (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
31 Mar 2025 |
| Dummy pill (7) |
Puzzler |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Imitation medicine |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Put smell into pretend medicine (7) |
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| Inert pill |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Dummy drug to identify personal pong |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Drug substitute, hollowed-out pill, expert brought over initially |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Inactive substance given to patient (7) |
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| Put boron round - it doesn't do anything (7) |
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| Medicine with no effect (7) |
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| Home boy nearly finished medication with no active ingredients (7) |
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| Location with unpleasant smell: its effect is psychological (7) |
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| What's given to the control group in a medical trial |
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| Component of many a trial |
New York Times |
10 Jan 2025 |
| This has no medical benefit but still makes people feel better (7) |
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| Inactive medical preparation (7) |
Puzzler |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Centre to replace bogus inactive pill (7) |
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| I shall please Latin with a pretend drug (7) |
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| Locate smell as control in medical testing (7) |
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| Medicine of therapeutic effect (7) |
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| Inert pill |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Drug without effect to fix personal pong |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Inactive medicine given as gratification rather than as a curative (7) |
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| Physically inert drug (7) |
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| Put what your best friend won't talk about on inactive medicinal substance (7) |
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| Quietly mix 40% booze as medicine (7) |
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| Dummy drug (7) |
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| UK firm accepts American honour for uplifting medicine? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Oct 2024 |
| In marketplace, bought sugar pill (7) |
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| Fake pill |
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| Dummy pill |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Drug without effect to fix personal pong |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Cop able to produce sugar pill (7) |
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| Position Ms Derek for bogus drug (7) |
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| Drug substitute in location: Bilbao's outskirts |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Sep 2024 |
| Inert pill |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Sep 2024 |
| Put cow in Ireland on a substance that has no therapeutic effect |
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| Spot short lad getting drug (7) |
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| Dummy pill |
Mirror Classic |
24 Aug 2024 |
| Put old boy back with late vespers (7) |
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| Put Ms Derek on a hypochondriac's medication (7) |
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| Imitation medicine |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Medicine prescribed for the psychological benefit to the patient |
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| Alternative-rock band formed in 1994 and fronted by Brian Molko (7) |
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| Inactive medicine used as a control (7) |
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| Identify by smell part of a clinical trial (7) |
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| It should have no effect (ABLE COP anagram) (7) |
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| Locate unpleasant smell; but this won't cure it |
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| UK rock band identified with person's missing daughters |
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| Site old boy set up, producing psychological medicine |
The Times Cryptic |
13 May 2024 |
| Ineffective medicine's rank smell |
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| Drug which has no effect (7) |
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| Dummy drug containing no active ingredient |
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| Cable thrown into river with fake medicine (7) |
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| Psychologically benefiting medicine |
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| Dummy pill put with personal problem (7) |
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| Sham treatment (7) |
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| Fake doctor passes out? Cop able to revive (7) |
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| Lay brother's not right for late vespers? (7) |
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| So-called medicine gives room unpleasant smell (7) |
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| Put a former pupil back with an inactive substance (7) |
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| Treatment which won't really help identify personal problem |
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| Drug with no effect (7) |
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| Dummy pill |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Identify personal pong this won't cure? |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Dummy medicine (7) |
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| Location upset former schoolfellow? It'll have no effect on me (7) |
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| Imitation drug (7) |
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| Put personal smells into deceptive treatment (7) |
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| A position for the old boy just to humour him? (7) |
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| A medicine which may benefit a patient psychologically (7) |
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| AKA Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal (7) |
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| Medicine which has no physiological effect |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Inactive pill, maybe |
New York Times |
05 Sep 2023 |
| Deliberately inactive drug |
The Times Concise |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Sugar pill |
Family Time |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Control group's treatment |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Feb 2023 |
| Lead boxes contaminate oxygen, substance used in clinical trials |
The Guardian Cryptic |
17 Feb 2023 |
| Location with nasty smell that doesn't affect anybody? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Aug 2022 |
| Medicine for the mind to settle personal problem |
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| Medicine for the mind to settle personal problem |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 May 2022 |
| Psychological relief to find employment for child taking year off |
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| Opponent originally chasing tie in lead — which has no real effect |
The Guardian Cryptic |
23 Mar 2022 |
| Pill in a clinical trial |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Expert supporting Poland with old bishop returning to get medication |
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| Stink after job provides ineffective remedy |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Prole catching a cold is given old, useless medicine |
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| Drug substitute in location – Bilbao's outskirts |
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| Identify personal problem offering hopeful treatment |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Jul 2021 |
| Controlling treatment of Spike Bishop in Post Office |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Jul 2021 |
| Remember this smell? It has no real effect |
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| 'Medicine' that doesn't actually contain medicine |
New York Times |
10 May 2021 |
| Inert control in drug tests |
The Times Concise |
08 May 2021 |
| Vesper at venue with odd book |
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| Dummy put on crate, briefly |
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| Vaccine trial component |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Mar 2021 |
| Pill in experimental studies |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2021 |
| What could have an unexpectedly beneficial effect? |
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| Dummy pill |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Feb 2021 |
| Identify personal pong this won't cure? |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Feb 2021 |
| Sham medicine put old boy back |
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| Dummy pill |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Inactive medicine |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Sep 2020 |
| Able cop? (anag) |
The Guardian Speedy |
30 Aug 2020 |
| ... and bring on singer Diddley instead? |
Universal |
24 Jun 2020 |
| 16 Put bishop on ordinary medicine that is innocuous |
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| It's not designed to cure home with unpleasant smell |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 May 2020 |
| Inert medication that may have an effect |
Family Time |
10 May 2020 |
| Control group handout, maybe |
Wall Street Journal |
09 May 2020 |
| Sugar pill, e.g |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2020 |
| Identify bad smell in snake oil |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Mar 2020 |
| Inert drug |
The Times Concise |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Recognise personal smell, something that may have an effect in itself |
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| Control drug |
The Times Concise |
08 Feb 2020 |
| Treatment that shouldn't have an effect |
Universal |
04 Sep 2019 |
| Inert pill |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Aug 2019 |
| Dummy drug to identify personal pong |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Aug 2019 |
| Pretend drug put down bog, in the main |
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| Calming measure |
The Times Concise |
31 Jul 2019 |
| Sham dose left expert in lead with zero |
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| Control, maybe |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jul 2019 |
| Drug without effect to fix personal pong |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Jul 2019 |
| Controlling treatment of Spike Bishop in Post Office |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Jun 2019 |
| Medicine that's not |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jun 2019 |
| Set volume, not even having soothing effect |
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| Treatment that shouldn't have an effect |
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| Control, maybe |
|
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| "Medicine" used in tests |
Universal |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Fake med |
Universal |
16 Dec 2018 |
| Put old boy on back — it does nothing to cure him |
|
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| Innocuous medication put down next to retired old boy |
|
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| Spot a personal problem that makes you feel better in your head |
|
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| . Spurious drug — keep 50% in reserve |
|
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| Lay brother having run away in evening 19dn |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Jun 2018 |
| A pharmacologically inactive drug |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
20 May 2018 |
| Measure purely to calm or humour another |
The Times Concise |
17 May 2018 |
| Inert medication |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Mar 2018 |
| It won't actually cure rank odour |
|
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| Locate branch office – it does nothing! |
|
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| Drug ruined able cop |
|
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| Control in a clinical study |
Premier Sunday |
07 Jan 2018 |
| "Medicine" used in tests |
|
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| Fake med |
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| Inactive medicine |
The Times Concise |
27 Dec 2017 |
| Ineffectual treatment of rank bad smell |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Dec 2017 |
| Identify smell as something with no real effect |
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| Location upset old boy – it's of no medical benefit |
|
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| It offers mental relief from personal problem after lay |
|
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| One born into Middle East group gets sham therapy |
|
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| Nobody in the centre tracks situation to find fake medicine |
|
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| Doctor under pressure to withdraw notice for dummy medicine |
|
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| Fake medicine |
Universal |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Fake medicine |
|
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| Sugar pill |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Job for old pupil returning as pacifier |
|
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| Identify stench that's part of drug trial? |
|
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| Plant with unpleasant odour produces fake medicine |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Mar 2016 |
| Medically ineffectual treatment |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2016 |
| Replace bottle containing dummy drug |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jan 2016 |
| Medically ineffectual treatment |
|
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| In lead, fifty-one to nil? It has no effect |
|
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| Spoof medicine |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Aug 2015 |
| Identify nasty smell in fake medicine |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 May 2015 |
| Inactive drug |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Apr 2015 |
| Identify unpleasant smell -- but this won't cure anything |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Mar 2015 |
| Control-group handout |
Universal |
28 Feb 2015 |
| Learner in step with old student recalled part of experiment |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Feb 2015 |
| Ineffective treatment of Post Office landing Cable in a mess |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Jan 2015 |
| Control-group handout |
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| Make-believe effect, unreal? |
|
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| Medicine‘s rank stink |
|
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| Clinical-trial staple |
|
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| Control group handout |
|
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| Medical test control substance |
|
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| Medicine-free medicine |
|
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| It should have no effect |
|
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| Means of rigorous control |
|
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| Drug trial staple |
|
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| Pill with no intended effect |
|
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| Phony medicine |
|
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| Sugar pill |
|
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| Part of many a drug test |
|
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| Sugar pill, say |
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| Sugar pill, say |
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| Clinical-trial need |
|
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| Controversial testing component |
|
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| Controversial testing component |
|
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| It works as long as you don't know it shouldn't |
|
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| Clinical trial offering, perhaps |
|
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| Test control |
|
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| Control group handout |
|
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| Sugar pill |
|
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| Control-group dose |
|
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| Control group's pill |
|
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| Part of many a test |
|
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| It might have an effect |
|
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| Medical test control substance |
|
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| Control substance |
|
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| Control substance |
|
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| Sugar pill |
|
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| Clinical trial offering, perhaps |
|
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| Part of a test, maybe |
|
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| Pill for a pill? |
|
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| A person may be taken in by taking it |
|
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| Faux medicine |
|
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| Innocuous medication |
|
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| Phony medicine |
|
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| Medicine-free medicine |
|
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| Inert medicament |
|
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| Pill for hypochondriacs |
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| Medicament sans medicine. |
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| Salk control factor. |
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