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Hot Lips worked outside area infirmary (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hospital

'infirmary' is the definition.
('hospital' can be a synonym of 'infirmary')

'hot lips worked outside area' is the wordplay.
'worked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'hot'+'lips'='hotlips'
'hotlips' anagrammed gives 'hospitl'.
'hospitl' placed around 'a' is 'HOSPITAL'.

(Other definitions for hospital that I've seen before include "Stop hail (anag.)" , "Possibly Guy's" , "Healing institution" , "Barts, e.g." , "Infirmary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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