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Regrets doctors taking pot (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mourns

'regrets' is the definition.
(mourn can mean to regret something)

'doctors taking pot' is the wordplay.
'doctors' becomes 'MOS' (an MO is a Medical Officer).
'taking' is an insertion indicator.
'pot' becomes 'urn' (urn is a kind of pot).
'mos' going around 'urn' is 'MOURNS'.

(Other definitions for mourns that I've seen before include "Grieves for, feels sorrow for dead" , "Feels loss" , "Laments the loss of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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