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Doctor eats nothing? About to be uninspired? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mediocre

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'be uninspired?' is the definition.
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'doctor eats nothing? about' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'doctor' could be 'me' and 'me' is located in the answer.
'nothing?' could be 'o' (looks like zero - 0) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'about' could be 're' ('re' means regarding or about) and 're' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for mediocre that I've seen before include "Not very good" , "Middling or average" , "Nothing special" , "Average (but poor)" , "Moderate to inferior in quality" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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