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Doctor Hammond Stein gets a reprimand (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

admonishment

'a reprimand' is the definition.
(admonishment is a kind of reprimand)

'doctor hammond stein' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hammond'+'stein'='hammondstein'
'hammondstein' with letters rearranged gives 'ADMONISHMENT'.

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for admonishment that I've seen before include "Rebuke" , "Firm reprimand" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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