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Medical assistant for consultant on many cases (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

watson

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'medical assistant for consultant on many cases' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'medical assistant for consultant on' is the wordplay.
'medical assistant for consultant' becomes 'wats' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wats'+'on'='WATSON'

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(Other definitions for watson that I've seen before include "Holmes' associate" , "Sherlock Holmes's doctor buddy" , "Sherlock Holmes's doctor companion" , "Sherlock Holmes's 2 Down" , "Companion to 15 ac" .)

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