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Go to patient's room and steal stuff from the end closet (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wardrobe

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'closet' is the definition.
(I know that closet can be written as wardrobe)

'go to patient's room and steal stuff from the end' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'room' could be 'ward' (I've seen this before) and 'ward' is present in the answer.
'steal' could be 'rob' (robbing is a kind of stealing) and 'rob' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for wardrobe that I've seen before include "Stock of clothes" , "Cabinet" , "store here" , "Cupboard for hanging clothes" , "clothes collection" .)

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