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Dodgy
treatment
leads
to
almost
bare
ground
outside
(5,3)
Dodgy treatment leads to almost bare ground outside (5,3)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Right, so Dodgy treatment is the definition — that's your fraudulent remedy, snake oil. For the wordplay, "almost bare" means take NAKED and drop the last letter, leaving NAKE, and you tuck that inside SOIL (the "ground" of the clue) split apart to wrap around it, giving you S-NAKE-OIL.