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Nurse is out of sorts for a time (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sunrise

'time' is the definition.
(I know that sunrise is a type of hour)

'nurse is out of sorts' is the wordplay.
'out of sorts' indicates anagramming the letters (not its usual self).
'nurse'+'is'='nurseis'
'nurseis' is an anagram of 'SUNRISE'.

'for a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sunrise that I've seen before include "It's preceded by dawn" , "See 21" , "Time of full daylight" , "everyday occurrence in the East" , "Dawning of the day" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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