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After-effect of alcohol will suspend bowling spell (8)

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hangover

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'after-effect' is the definition.
(after-effect of drinking alcohol)

'will suspend bowling spell' is the wordplay.
'will' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'suspend' becomes 'hang' (to hang is to suspend from something).
'bowling spell' becomes 'over' (cricket term).
'hang'+'over' is 'HANGOVER'.

'of alcohol' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for hangover that I've seen before include "What one may have the morning after" , "morning-after feeling?" , "Morning-after problem" , "problem arising?" , "Something that has survived from the past" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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