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Hearty medic to transport idiots around, holding record (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cardiologist

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'hearty medic to transport' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'idiots around holding record' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'around' could be 'ca' (circa) and 'ca' is present in the answer.
'record' could be 'log' (logging is a kind of recording) and 'log' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'idiots' is 'dioist' which is present in the remaining letters.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for cardiologist that I've seen is " Specialist in heart disease".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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