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Current tributes inspiring small hospital's skills (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

accomplishments

'skills' is the definition.
('accomplishment' can be a synonym of 'skill')

'current tributes inspiring small hospital's' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'ac' (alternating current).
'tributes' becomes 'compliments' (complimenting someone is paying tribute to them).
'inspiring' is an insertion indicator.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'hospital' becomes 'h' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
's'+'h'='sh'
'compliments' going around 'sh' is 'complishments'.
'ac'+'complishments'='ACCOMPLISHMENTS'

(Another definition for accomplishments that I've seen is " Acts".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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