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Muck possibly misleads nurses (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

isle

'muck possibly' is the definition.
(Isle of Muck is an example)

'misleads nurses' is the wordplay.
'nurses' indicates a hidden word (nurse can mean holding closely).
'ISLE' can be found hidden inside 'misleads'.

(Other definitions for isle that I've seen before include "I shall hear" , "Capri or Man, perhaps?" , "Fair ---, knitting style" , "Sea-girt area" , "Ait" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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