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Hospital within reach in poor quarter (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ghetto

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

'hospital within reach' is the wordplay.
'hospital' becomes 'h'.
'within' is an insertion indicator.
'reach' becomes 'getto' (getting to is a kind of reaching**).
'h' placed inside 'getto' is 'GHETTO'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for ghetto that I've seen before include "Restricted quarter" , "Part of city occupied by minority group, like old Jewish quarter" , "Ethic quarter" , "Historical Jewish quarter" , "A poor quarter of a city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Telegraph.
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