Complaints of aged in Civil Service (5)
I believe the answer is:
colds
'complaints' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'aged in civil service' is the wordplay.
'aged' becomes 'old' (similar in meaning).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'civil service' becomes 'CS' (abbreviation).
'old' going inside 'cs' is 'COLDS'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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