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Nurse with no new personal connection? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tendon

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'personal connection?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'nurse with no new' is the wordplay.
'nurse' becomes 'tend' (tend can mean to nurse or look after).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'no' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'tend'+'o'+'n'='TENDON'

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(Other definitions for tendon that I've seen before include "Muscle-bone link" , "Fibrous tissue attaching muscle to bone" , "Tissue cord connecting muscle to bone" , "It's attaches tissue to bone" , "Sinew, maybe 3" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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