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Company doctor with trendy Eastern blend (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

combine

'blend' is the definition.
(I know that blend can be written as combine)

'company doctor with trendy eastern' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'doctor' becomes 'mb' (Bachelor of Medicine, Medicinae Baccalaureus).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'trendy' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean fashionable).
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'co'+'mb'+'in'+'e'='COMBINE'

(Other definitions for combine that I've seen before include "Blend" , "Mix together different elements" , "marry" , "Unite, merge" , "Unite; some farm machinery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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