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Satisfaction from doctor team working in hospital department (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

atonement

'satisfaction' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'doctor team working in hospital department' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates an anagram.
'working' becomes 'on' (on can mean working or activated).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hospital department' becomes 'ENT' (abbreviation for Ear, Nose and Throat department).
'team' is an anagram of 'atem'.
'atem' enclosing 'on' is 'atonem'.
'atonem'+'ent'='ATONEMENT'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for atonement that I've seen before include "satisfaction" , "reparations?" , "Reparation (for a wrong)" , "needed to make amends" , "Making amends" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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