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Chap carrying leftover food up for head nurse (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

matron

'head nurse' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'chap carrying leftover food up' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'man' (chap can mean a man).
'carrying' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'leftover food' becomes 'ort' (as in orts, scraps of leftover food).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'ort' backwards is 'tro'.
'man' enclosing 'tro' is 'MATRON'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for matron that I've seen before include "Chief nurse" , "Old woman" , "Senior nurse" , "Medical supervisor" , "school officer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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