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Bored physician sick egghead eviscerated (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drilled

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

'physician sick egghead eviscerated' is the wordplay.
'physician' becomes 'Dr' (synonyms).
'sick' becomes 'ill' (synonyms).
'eviscerated' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (the word is disembowelled of its inside letters).
'egghead' with its middle taken out is 'ed'.
'dr'+'ill'+'ed'='DRILLED'

(Other definitions for drilled that I've seen before include "Bored a hole or trained by repetition" , "Made a hole with a pointed tool" , "given military instruction" , "soldiers may be treated thus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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