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Poles receiving money in Germany to encourage nervous workers? (13)

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I believe the answer is:

neurosurgeons

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'encourage nervous workers?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'poles receiving money in germany' is the wordplay.
'poles' becomes 'NS' (north and south poles).
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'money' becomes 'euro' (currency of the Eurozone).
'in germany' becomes 'surgeon' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'euro'+'surgeon'='eurosurgeon'
'ns' placed around 'eurosurgeon' is 'NEUROSURGEONS'.

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