Powdered seed tabletsfirst couple taken lastone must swallow (8)

Independent Cryptic #1644 | 17 Down | 2021-08-29
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

[ PILLS(tablets, of medicine, say) with its 1st 2 letters ( first couple ) moved to the end( taken last ) ] contained in ( … must swallow ) ACE(one, as in the playing card, “the ace of heats”).

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