Doctor hasn’t mobile, leading to cancellation (11)
I believe the answer is:
abolishment
'cancellation' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'doctor hasn't mobile leading' is the wordplay.
'doctor' is an anagram indicator.
'leading' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hasnt' after 'mobile' is 'mobilehasnt'.
'mobilehasnt' with letters rearranged gives 'ABOLISHMENT'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Another definition for abolishment that I've seen is " The action of putting an end to (a practice)".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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