Doctor with duty to admit old lady for complex procedure (9)
I believe the answer is:
rigmarole
'complex procedure' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'doctor with duty to admit old lady' is the wordplay.
'doctor with' becomes 'rig' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'duty' becomes 'role' (role is a kind of duty).
'to admit' is an insertion indicator.
'old lady' becomes 'ma' (both can mean mother).
'rig'+'role'='rigrole'
'rigrole' going around 'ma' is 'RIGMAROLE'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rigmarole that I've seen before include "Long, rambling statement or complicated procedure" , "red tape?" , "Palaver" , "garbled nonsense" , "fuss" .)