Nurse and doctor left during date in concert (8)
I believe the answer is:
ensemble
'concert' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'nurse and doctor left during date' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'nurse' could be 'en' (abbreviation for state-enrolled nurse) and 'en' is located in the answer.
'doctor' could be 'mb' (Bachelor of Medicine, Medicinae Baccalaureus) and 'mb' is found within the answer.
'left' could be 'l' (common abbreviation) and 'l' is located in the answer.
'date' could be 'see' (synonyms) and 'see' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ensemble that I've seen before include "Complete outfit - group of musicians" , "Group of musicians or co-ordinated clothes" , "Set of matches" , "Group of players; whole outfit" , "Small group or complete costume" .)