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Doctor is sick in hospital taking direction from boring people (8)

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I believe the answer is:

drillers

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'boring people' is the definition.
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'doctor is sick in hospital taking direction' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' ('Dr' can be a synonym of 'doctor').
'is sick' becomes 'ill' ('ill' can be similar in meaning to 'sick').
'in hospital' becomes 'er' (I've seen this in other clues).
'taking' says to put letters next to each other.
'direction' becomes 's' (S is an example).
'dr'+'ill'+'er'+'s'='DRILLERS'

'from' acts as a link.

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