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Not heading into restricted hospital areas? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outwards

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'not heading into' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'restricted hospital areas?' is the wordplay.
'restricted' becomes 'out' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hospital areas?' becomes 'wards' (I've seen this in another clue).
'out'+'wards'='OUTWARDS'

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(Other definitions for outwards that I've seen before include "Away from the centre" , "In an external direction" .)

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