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Admit NHS is struggling and inconsistent (3-3-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hit-and-miss

'inconsistent' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'admit nhs is struggling' is the wordplay.
'struggling' is an anagram indicator.
'admit'+'nhs'+'is'='admitnhsis'
'admitnhsis' with letters rearranged gives 'HIT-AND-MISS'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hit-and-miss that I've seen before include "Haphazard" , "Inconsistent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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