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Right work in hospital department in charge of rising disorder? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entropic

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'right work in hospital department in charge of rising disorder?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'right work in hospital department in charge of' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'work' becomes 'op' (common abbreviation for 'opus').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hospital department' becomes 'ENT' (Ear, Nose and Throat department).
'in charge of' becomes 'ic'.
'r'+'op'='rop'
'ent'+'ic'='entic'
'rop' inserted within 'entic' is 'ENTROPIC'.

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(Another definition for entropic that I've seen is " Random".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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