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Complaint of one in fancy summer hat (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rheumatism

'complaint' is the definition.
(rheumatism is a kind of disease)

'one in fancy summer hat' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'fancy' is an anagram indicator.
'summer'+'hat'='summerhat'
'summerhat' with letters rearranged gives 'rheumatsm'.
'i' placed into 'rheumatsm' is 'RHEUMATISM'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for rheumatism that I've seen before include "Inflammation of the joints" , "ailment" , "Joint affliction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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