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Delicate, making fellow complain (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frail

'delicate' is the definition.
(I know that delicate can be written as frail)

'fellow complain' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'complain' becomes 'rail' (railing is a kind of complaining).
'f'+'rail'='FRAIL'

'making' is the link.

(Other definitions for frail that I've seen before include "Basket made of rushes" , "Puny" , "Slight" , "Struggling to get about" , "Physically feeble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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