Struggle of doctor getting into his white garment? (6)
I believe the answer is:
combat
'struggle' is the definition.
(I know that combat is a more specific form of the action struggle)
'doctor getting into his white garment?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'doctor' could be 'mb' (Bachelor of Medicine, Medicinae Baccalaureus) and 'mb' is found in the answer.
'garment?' could be 'coat' (coating is a kind of garmenting) and 'coat' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for combat that I've seen before include "Military fighting" , "Military action" , "type of jacket" , "sort of jacket" , "Oppose" .)