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Local doctor welcomes a break (3)

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I believe the answer is:

gap

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'break' is the definition.
(a gap is a break in something)

'local doctor welcomes a' is the wordplay.
'local doctor' becomes 'gp' (general practitioner. I am not sure about the 'local' bit.).
'welcomes' means one lot of letters goes inside another (in sense of 'invites in').
'gp' enclosing 'a' is 'GAP'.

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(Other definitions for gap that I've seen before include "A breach or pass" , "Room" , "Aperture" , "A break in something continuous, like a hedge" , "A break or opening as in a hedge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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