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Fish doctor’s intervention is plain (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tundra

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'is plain' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fish doctor's intervention' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'doctor' could be 'dr' (synonyms) and 'dr' is found in the answer.
'fish' could be 'tuna' (tuna is a type of fish) and 'tuna' is found within the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for tundra that I've seen before include "Area of permanently frozen subsoil" , "wasteland" , "Artic treeless plain" , "Arctic region of permafrost" , "Vast area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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