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Doctor had scrap for emergency shelter (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crash pad

'emergency shelter' is the definition.
(somewhere to sleep in an emergency)

'doctor had scrap' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'had'+'scrap'='hadscrap'
'hadscrap' anagrammed gives 'CRASH PAD'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for crash pad that I've seen before include "temporary place to sleep" , "doss house" , "Temporary basic accommodation (slang)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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