Dirty old man's brother starts to annoy nurse (7)

I believe the answer is:

unclean

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'dirty old man's' is the definition.
'unclean' can be an answer for 'dirty' (I've seen this in another clue). I'm not certain of the 'old man's' bit.

'brother starts to annoy nurse' is the wordplay.
'brother' becomes 'uncle' (I have seen 'Brother of parent ' mean 'uncle' so perhaps 'brother' could also mean 'uncle').
'starts to' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'annoy nurse' is 'an'.
'uncle'+'an'='UNCLEAN'

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(Other definitions for unclean that I've seen before include "Dirty; immoral" , "(Ritually) tainted" , "Spotted" , "Dirty, needs a wash" , "Dirty, ritually impure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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