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Magic hospital admitting deficiency (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

black arts

'magic' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hospital admitting deficiency' is the wordplay.
'hospital' becomes 'barts' (I've seen this before).
'admitting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'deficiency' becomes 'lack' ('lack' can be a synonym of 'deficiency').
'barts' going around 'lack' is 'BLACK ARTS'.

(Another definition for black arts that I've seen is " Magic".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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