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Offers received by nurses without hesitation (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tenders

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'offers' is the definition.
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'nurses without hesitation' is the wordplay.
'nurses' becomes 'tends' (to tend someone is to look after or nurse them).
'without' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er).
'tends' placed around 'er' is 'TENDERS'.

'received by' is the link.
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(Other definitions for tenders that I've seen before include "Supply ships" , "Bids" , "Offers to do work for a stated amount" , "They provide supplies to other ships" , "Dinghies towed by ships" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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