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Analgesia lamentably concealed mounting depression (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

malaise

'depression' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'analgesia lamentably concealed mounting' is the wordplay.
'concealed' indicates a hidden word.
'mounting' says the letters should be written in reverse (going up in a down clue).
'esialam' is hidden within 'analgesia lamentably'.
'esialam' backwards is 'MALAISE'.

(Other definitions for malaise that I've seen before include "sickness" , "Uneasy feeling" , "Feeling of impending illness" , "General feeling of unease or illness" , "Out-of-sorts feeling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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