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Plain fish eating doctor (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tundra

'plain' is the definition.
(tundra is a kind of plain)

'fish eating doctor' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'tuna' (tuna is a kind of fish**).
'eating' indicates putting letters inside.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' ('Dr' can be a synonym of 'doctor').
'tuna' enclosing 'dr' is 'TUNDRA'.

(Other definitions for tundra that I've seen before include "northern waste" , "where you might see caribou" , "Area of permafrost" , "Treeless Arctic region" , "Vast level Arctic regions with frozen subsoil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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