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Discomfort in AA? Smile falsely (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

malaise

'discomfort' is the definition.
(malaise is a kind of discomfort)

'aa? smile falsely' is the wordplay.
'falsely' is an anagram indicator.
'aa'+'smile'='aasmile'
'aasmile' is an anagram of 'MALAISE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for malaise that I've seen before include "flu perhaps" , "Feeling of impending illness" , "General feeling of unease or illness" , "Uneasy feeling" , "Out-of-sorts feeling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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