Chronic lack of sleep (8)

I believe the answer is:

insomnia

(Other definitions for insomnia that I've seen before include "Habitual sleeplessness" , "State of chronic sleeplessness" , "Inability to drop off" , "Condition affecting sleep" , "problem at night" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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