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Affliction seeming trivial to a blockhead (6)

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I believe the answer is:

blight

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'affliction' is the definition.
(blight is a kind of health problem)

'trivial to a blockhead' is the wordplay.
'trivial' becomes 'light' (light can mean trivial or casual).
'to a' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'blockhead' becomes 'b' (head letter of 'block').
'light' put after 'b' is 'BLIGHT'.

'seeming' is the link.
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(Other definitions for blight that I've seen before include "Problem of plants or urban development" , "Potato disease" , "Pestilence or disease, as of potatoes" , "Withering disease (in plants)" , "Disease or fungus that withers plants, say potatoes" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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