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Pregnant woman's doctor with the gown obtaining temperature (6-2-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mother-to-be

'pregnant woman's' is the definition.
(woman expecting a baby)

'doctor with the gown obtaining temperature' is the wordplay.
'doctor with' becomes 'mo' (medical officer. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'gown' becomes 'robe' (synonyms).
'obtaining' is an insertion indicator.
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'robe' placed around 't' is 'rtobe'.
'mo'+'the'+'rtobe'='MOTHER-TO-BE'

(Other definitions for mother-to-be that I've seen before include "Expecting woman?" , "One expecting a baby" , "She's expecting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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