That place holds a patient, ultimately? (7)
I believe the answer is:
theatre
'that place holds a patient ultimately?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'that place holds a patient ultimately?' is the wordplay.
'that place' becomes 'there' (as opposed to 'here' meaning this place).
'holds' indicates putting letters inside.
'ultimately?' indicates one should take the final letters (I've seen 'ultimately' mean this).
The final letter of 'patient' is 't'.
'a'+'t'='at'
'there' going around 'at' is 'THEATRE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for theatre that I've seen before include "Space for drama" , "Art of writing and producing plays" , "Place for dramatic performances" , "eg The Globe" , "Scene of plays" .)