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Bishop with recurrent anger repeated complaint (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beriberi

'complaint' is the definition.
(beriberi is a kind of health problem)

'bishop with recurrent anger repeated' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'recurrent' says the letters should be written backwards (recurrent can mean turning back).
'anger' becomes 'ire' (ire is intense rage).
'repeated' shows that letters should be duplicated.
'ire' backwards is 'eri'.
'b'+'eri'='beri'
'beri' duplicated is 'BERIBERI'.

(Other definitions for beriberi that I've seen before include "Asian disease due to vitamin B1 deficiency" , "ill with this?" , "Disease (lack of vit. B1)" , "Disease caused by a thiamine deficiency" , "Disease caused by vitamin B deficiency -- ie briber (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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