Indistinct sounds from doctor wearing slippers (7)
I believe the answer is:
mumbles
'indistinct sounds' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'doctor wearing slippers' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'mb' (abbreviation for Bachelor of Medicine).
'wearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'slippers' becomes 'mules' (mule is a kind of slipper).
'mb' put within 'mules' is 'MUMBLES'.
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mumbles that I've seen before include "Swansea area" , "Comes out with poorly" , "Speaks indistinctly" , "South Wales resort - talks indistinctly" .)