The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NOURISH
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More clues leading to the result NOURISH
- Promote any number of us, sort of
- Promote foreign drama about novelist
- Initially, neither of us is hard to feed
- Mulch possibly decayed in hours
- Feed American author in to Japanese drama
- Feed on sour fish after starters are gone
- Provide food for Oscar – in rush unfortunately
- Feed new leader around teatime when chief finally leaves
- Bad back prodded by our hospital nurse
- One who toyed with spoon, breaking food to feed baby?
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The straight part
We know that "nurse" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case nurse = nourish.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NOURISH mean?
NOURISH noun- A nurse.
- To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
- To support; to maintain.
- To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster
- To cherish; to comfort.
- To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.
- To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
- To gain nourishment.