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Doctor’s offspring to press charges (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

surgeon

'doctor's' is the definition.
(surgeon is a kind of doctor)

'offspring to press charges' is the wordplay.
'offspring' becomes 'son' (male offspring).
'to press' becomes 'urge' ('urge' can be a synonym of 'press').
'charges' indicates putting letters inside (charge can mean to charge into something).
'son' placed around 'urge' is 'SURGEON'.

(Other definitions for surgeon that I've seen before include "one used to working in the theatre" , "Man with knife" , "Go, nurse for the operator" , "Sawbones" , "Doctor in the navy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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