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Doctor, turning sweet, almost put bandage on (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dressed

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'put bandage on' is the definition.
(to dress a wound is to bandage it up)

'doctor turning sweet almost' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'Dr' (synonyms).
'turning' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'sweet almost' becomes 'desse' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'desse' in reverse letter order is 'essed'.
'dr'+'essed'='DRESSED'

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(Other definitions for dressed that I've seen before include "How the turkey is made oven-ready" , "Up and ready to go" , "curried" , "Wearing clothes" , "put bandage on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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