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The last place to start meeting a doctor (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tomb

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'the last place' is the definition.
'tomb' can be an answer for 'place' (tomb is a kind of place). I'm not certain of the 'the last' bit.

'to start meeting a doctor' is the wordplay.
'start' indicates taking the first letters.
'a doctor' becomes 'b' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The initial letter of 'meeting' is 'm'.
'to'+'m'+'b'='TOMB'

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(Other definitions for tomb that I've seen before include "Catacomb" , "Mausoleum" , "Large vault" , "Burial-vault" , "Resting place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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