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Desperately beg, as NHS matters (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shebangs

'matters' is the definition.

'desperately beg as nhs' is the wordplay.
'desperately' indicates anagramming the letters.
'beg'+'as'+'nhs'='begasnhs'
'begasnhs' anagrammed gives 'SHEBANGS'.

(Another definition for shebangs that I've seen is " matters".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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