Attendants in hospital department nowadays? (9)
I believe the answer is:
entourage
'attendants' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'hospital department nowadays?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hospital department' could be 'ent' (abbreviation for Ear, Nose and Throat department) and 'ent' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for entourage that I've seen before include "Ego nature found in accompanying group" , "train" , "Following" , "A star may have one" , "Group of attendants" .)