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Made certain emergency department accommodate eccentric nurse (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ensured

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'made certain' is the definition.
('ensure' can be a synonym of 'make certain')

'emergency department accommodate eccentric nurse' is the wordplay.
'emergency department' becomes 'ed' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'accommodate' indicates putting letters inside.
'eccentric' indicates an anagram.
'nurse' anagrammed gives 'nsure'.
'ed' placed around 'nsure' is 'ENSURED'.

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(Other definitions for ensured that I've seen before include "guaranteed" , "Make certain of" , "Made certain, clinched" , "Determined" , "Made certain for end user" .)

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