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Camped in building for Covid, say (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pandemic

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'covid say' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'camped in building' is the wordplay.
'building' is an anagram indicator.
'camped'+'in'='campedin'
'campedin' with letters rearranged gives 'PANDEMIC'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pandemic that I've seen before include "Damn epic about world-wide disease" , "Global disease" , "Decamp in middle of world outbreak of disease" , "extensive disease" , "Very widespread outbreak of a disease" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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