The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 plus 6 letter word BEDSIDE MANNER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BEDSIDE MANNER
- Sympathetic attitude that could be found in men's bar indeed
- Doctor’s approach, reminded beans are cooked
- County made merry in private doctor’s style
- Doctor’s patient demeanour?
- Sympathetic behaviour principally seen in bearded men, curiously
- A doctor’s patient approach
- The way to help someone who needs to be patient?
- Base team near big house, reportedly — it’s needed by medics
- Doctor remedies bad case of nauseation showing this?
- Doctor’s attitude is excellent, tackling sad demise with bit of delicacy
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "The way to help someone who needs to be patient" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the way to help someone who needs to be patient = bedside manner.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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