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Generic term for wolf whistle outside hospital (5-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catch-all

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'generic term for wolf' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'whistle outside hospital' is the wordplay.
'whistle' becomes 'catcall' (type of whistling noise).
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'hospital' becomes 'h' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'catcall' enclosing 'h' is 'CATCH-ALL'.

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(Other definitions for catch-all that I've seen before include "Covering a variety of instances" , "Comprehensive" , "dealing with everything" , "Covering lots of eventualities" , "Covering every instance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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