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Chap taking in road with sun getting discomfort (7)

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I believe the answer is:

malaise

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'discomfort' is the definition.
(malaise is a kind of discomfort)

'chap taking in road with' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'male' (I've seen this in other clues).
'taking in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'road with' becomes 'ais' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'male' placed around 'ais' is 'MALAISE'.

'sun getting' is the link.
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(Other definitions for malaise that I've seen before include "General feeling of unease or illness" , "sickness" , "Disquiet" , "Out-of-sorts feeling" , "General feeling of discomfort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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