Fashionable nurse is mean (6)

I believe the answer is:

intend

'is mean' is the definition.
(to intend to something is to mean it)

'fashionable nurse' is the wordplay.
'fashionable' becomes 'in' (in can mean fashionable or trendy).
'nurse' becomes 'tend' (tend can mean to nurse or look after).
'in'+'tend'='INTEND'

(Other definitions for intend that I've seen before include "Mean; aim" , "Plan, propose" , "Have as purpose or plan" , "Mean; propose" , "Purport" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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