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How snake-oil makes lab cope? (7,6)

(Anagram of "lab cope" to form "placebo"; "effect" used as anagrind in the answer.)

Small tablet initially proved energizing cooked concoction efficient and off - putting hypercondriacs at rest (7,6)

Parsing for mine @2
Anagram ("unusual") BET CLAP COFFEE
Def. - unexplained health benefit

Parsing mine @12

small tablet = table
initials of proved energizing cooked concoction efficient (PECCE)
and = plus OFF being both part of the anagram
and the anagram indicator

putting hypercondriacs at rest = def

Forgot to say that mine @ 3 and 10 should be straight forward since they are not strictly speaking cryptic!

Place and time to take second coffee break produces psychosomatic response (7,6)

"second" - B
"coffee" - anagram fodder
"break" - anagrind (producing OEFFEC)
between "Place" and "time" - T
"psychosomatic response" - definition

Identify unpleasant scent and make remedial suggestion (7,6)

Identify: PLACE
unpleasant scent: BO
make: EFFECT
remedial suggestion: definition

Taken in by intake? (7,6)

... Hopefully straightforward to parse.

Arrange hum (electronic) before very loud shock treatment to achieve this? (7,6)

Sorry. Parsing of my last:

"Arrange" - PLACE
"hum" -BO
"electronic" - E
"very loud" - FF
"shock treatment" - ECT