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Disease obtained from insects? Not primarily (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rickets

'disease' is the definition.
(rickets is a kind of health problem)

'insects? not primarily' is the wordplay.
'insects?' becomes 'crickets' (cricket is a kind of insect).
'not primarily' means to remove the first letter.
'crickets' with its initial letter taken away is 'RICKETS'.

'obtained from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rickets that I've seen before include "Children's disease" , "Bone-distorting disease" , "Childhood disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin D" , "Bone disease, caused by vitamin D deficiency" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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