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Remove weevils doctor found at the centre (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evict

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'remove weevils doctor' is the definition.
'evict' can be an answer for 'remove' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'weevils doctor' bit.

'found at the centre' is the wordplay.
'found' becomes 'vict' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'the' becomes 'definite article' ('the' is the definite article in English).
'centre' indicates the central letters.
The centre of 'definitearticle' is 'e'.
'vict' put after 'e' is 'EVICT'.

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(Other definitions for evict that I've seen before include "Cast out" , "Throw out (from home)" , "Throw from the premises" , "Legally expel" , "Make homeless" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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