Use cutting-edge technology to avoid loss of nursing hospital (5)
I believe the answer is:
shave
'use' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'cutting-edge technology to avoid loss of nursing hospital' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'hospital' could be 'h' (abbreviation for hospital on maps) and 'h' is found in the answer.
'avoid' could be 'save' (saving is a kind of avoiding) and 'save' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shave that I've seen before include "Smooth surface" , "Trim" , "Remove unwanted hair" , "cut" , "Daily activity perhaps" .)