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Doctor to assess wound (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lacerate

'wound' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'doctor to assess' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'lace' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to assess' becomes 'rate' (rating is a kind of assessing).
'lace'+'rate'='LACERATE'

(Other definitions for lacerate that I've seen before include "Tear or make deep cuts" , "Tear or cut (flesh) deeply" , "Clear tea (anag.)" , "Injure be tearing, wound roughly" , "Tear roughly, cut jaggedly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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