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Tolerate being tender in hospital department (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abide

'tolerate' is the definition.
('abide' can be a synonym of 'tolerate')

'tender in hospital department' is the wordplay.
'tender' becomes 'bid' ('bid' can be a synonym of 'tender').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hospital department' becomes 'ae' (A&E, Accident & Emergency).
'bid' inserted into 'ae' is 'ABIDE'.

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for abide that I've seen before include "Stay - suffer" , "Bear, endure" , "Endure; dwell" , "Hack" , "Remain - tolerate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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