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Foolish doctor loved clinic outside Spain (3-9)

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I believe the answer is:

ill-conceived

'foolish' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'doctor loved clinic outside spain' is the wordplay.
'doctor' is an anagram indicator.
'outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'spain' becomes 'e' (abbreviation for Espana).
'loved'+'clinic'='lovedclinic'
'lovedclinic' anagrammed gives 'illconcived'.
'illconcived' enclosing 'e' is 'ILL-CONCEIVED'.

(Another definition for ill-conceived that I've seen is " Poor in conception".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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