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Leave uniform on doctor in time for operations (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

duvet day

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'operations' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'leave uniform on doctor in time' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'uniform' could be 'u' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'u' is located in the answer.
'doctor' could be 'vet' (vetting is a kind of doctoring) and 'vet' is located in the answer.
'time' could be 'dday' (I have seen 'significant time' mean 'd day' so perhaps 'time' could also mean 'd day') and 'dday' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' is the link.

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