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Personal issue of saline solution (5)

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I believe the answer is:

sweat

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This clue might be a double definition.

'personal issue' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'saline solution' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sweat that I've seen before include "(Of argument) intense" , "Soldier" , "Salty fluid secreted by glands" , "Toil" , "Salty fluid secreted by the body" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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