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Calling nurse, ankle finally bandaged up (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

career

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'calling' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'nurse ankle finally bandaged up' is the wordplay.
'nurse' becomes 'care' (to nurse someone is to care for them).
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
'bandaged up' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The last letter of 'ankle' is 'e'.
'care'+'e'+'r'='CAREER'

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(Other definitions for career that I've seen before include "Working lifetime" , "Progresson through working life" , "History of working life (6)" , "Work history" , "Progress through profession" .)

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