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Surgical tool inserted in ambulance traveller (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lancet

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'surgical tool' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in ambulance traveller' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'LANCET' is hidden in the letters of 'ambulance traveller'.

'inserted' is the link.
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(Other definitions for lancet that I've seen before include "A surgeon's two-edged knife" , "Surgical tool" , "Cutter for a surgeon" , "Pointed two-edged knife used by surgeon" , "provided cuttings" .)

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