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Difficulty leads to jazz singer making a complaint (7)

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rubella

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'a complaint' is the definition.
(rubella is a kind of health problem)

'difficulty leads to jazz singer' is the wordplay.
'difficulty' becomes 'rub' (rub can mean a difficulty or problem).
'leads to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'jazz singer' becomes 'ella' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rub'+'ella'='RUBELLA'

'making' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rubella that I've seen before include "German measles" , "infection" , "contagious disease" , "complaint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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