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Mad medic on small lorry (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moonstruck

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'mad' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'medic on small lorry' is the wordplay.
'medic' becomes 'mo' (medical officer).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'lorry' becomes 'truck' (I've seen this before).
'mo'+'on'+'s'+'truck'='MOONSTRUCK'

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(Other definitions for moonstruck that I've seen before include "Lunatic" , "Crazy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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