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Appearing at the centre with a revolutionary complaint (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earache

'complaint' is the definition.
(a type of medical complaint)

'appearing at the centre with a revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'at the centre' says to take the centre.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'revolutionary' becomes 'che' (Che Guevara the Marxist revolutionary).
The middle of 'appearing' is 'ear'.
'ear'+'a'+'che'='EARACHE'

(Other definitions for earache that I've seen before include "Pain in an aural appendage" , "Pain in aural organ" , "minor complaint" , "complaint to The Listener" , "Pain inside the head" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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