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Ike sue handsome doctor? Prepatellar bursitis? (10,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

housemaids knee

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'bursitis?' is the definition.
(housemaid's knee is a kind of bursitis)

'ike sue handsome doctor?' is the wordplay.
'doctor?' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'doctored' mean this).
'ike'+'sue'+'handsome'='ikesuehandsome'
'ikesuehandsome' is an anagram of 'HOUSEMAIDS KNEE'.

'prepatellar' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for housemaids knee that I've seen before include "Joint inflammation" , "complaint to a servant?" , "joint tenderness" .)

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