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Medical men for instance within the grounds (5)

Ross

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dregs

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'grounds' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'medical men for instance within' is the wordplay.
'medical men' becomes 'drs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'for instance' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'within' is an insertion indicator.
'drs' placed around 'eg' is 'DREGS'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dregs that I've seen before include "Leftover drink, sediment" , "Wine or coffee residue" , "Sediment - rabble" , "Residue of drink" , "Remaining sediment" .)

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