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Fashion icon ringing a doctor, part of circle (8)

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I believe the answer is:

quadrant

'part of circle' is the definition.
(one of the four quarters of a circle)

'fashion icon ringing a doctor' is the wordplay.
'fashion icon' becomes 'quant' (fashion designer Mary Quant).
'ringing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'doctor' becomes 'Dr' (abbreviation).
'a'+'dr'='adr'
'quant' enclosing 'adr' is 'QUADRANT'.

(Other definitions for quadrant that I've seen before include "Instrument" , "Quarter of a circle or of its circumference" , "Half of a semicircle" , "Fourth part of circumference" , "One fourth of circle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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