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Lid came off in examination? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

medical

'examination?' is the definition.
(I know that medical is a type of examination)

'lid came off' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lid'+'came'='lidcame'
'lidcame' with letters rearranged gives 'MEDICAL'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for medical that I've seen before include "Check-up - declaim (anag)" , "Relating to the art of healing" , "Relating to doctors" , "Relating to treatment rather than surgery" , "Of the healing sciences" .)

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