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We've checked our database and believe the answer is NOSTRUM which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

• patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

30%6 To play with something lightly or idly
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27%5Play idly on
noun

• sound of strumming

verb

• sound the strings of (a stringed instrument)

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