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Chap occupying a hospital ward gets fixed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

permanent

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

'chap occupying a hospital ward' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'man' (chap can mean a man).
'occupying' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters occupy or enter the word).
'a' becomes 'per' (eg 'one a day' means 'one per day').
'hospital ward' becomes 'ENT' (Ear, Nose and Throat department).
'per'+'ent'='perent'
'man' inserted into 'perent' is 'PERMANENT'.

'gets' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for permanent that I've seen before include "full-time" , "Lasting for ever" , "Constant" , "Lasting, unchangeable" , "Lasting, durable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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