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Restive Hoskins is one getting nurses' attention (9)

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I believe the answer is:

impatient

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'restive' is the definition.
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'hoskins is one getting nurses' attention' is the wordplay.
'hoskins is' becomes 'I'm' (where the crossword setter is 'Hoskins').
'one getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'nurses' attention' becomes 'patient' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'im'+'patient'='IMPATIENT'

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(Other definitions for impatient that I've seen before include "Keen" , "Fidgety" , "showing anxiety" , "Job wasn't" , "Snappy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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