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Disease of bishop, easily borne (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blight

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'disease' is the definition.
(blight is a kind of disease)

'bishop easily borne' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'bishop' could be 'b' (chess abbreviation) and 'b' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'light' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for blight that I've seen before include "Disease - pest" , "Wreck" , "Disease that withers plants like potatoes" , "Spoil - plant disease" , "Plant disease -- calamity" .)

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