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Hospital ward struggling on — to such a success? (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hard won

'such a success?' is the definition.
(as in a hard-won success)

'hospital ward struggling on' is the wordplay.
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital).
'struggling' indicates an anagram (the letters struggle or wriggle into a new form).
'ward' with letters rearranged gives 'ardw'.
'h'+'ardw'+'on'='HARD-WON'

'to' acts as a link.

(Another definition for hard won that I've seen is " Not easily achieved".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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