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Bandages doctor, with ease, seems to get cut evenly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dresses

'bandages' is the definition.
(dresses a wound)

'doctor with ease seems to get cut evenly' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' (abbreviation).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'to get cut evenly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in even-numbered positions are removed).
'ease'+'seems'='easeseems'
The alternating letters of 'easeseems' are 'esses'.
'dr'+'esses'='DRESSES'

(Other definitions for dresses that I've seen before include "falls into line" , "Costumes" , "Puts clothes on" , "Frocks" , "Decorates" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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