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Excellent service disrupted by new complaint (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acne

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'complaint' is the definition.
(acne is a kind of disease)

'excellent service disrupted by new' is the wordplay.
'excellent service' becomes 'ace' (ace is a kind of service. I am not sure about the 'excellent' bit.).
'disrupted by' indicates putting letters inside.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'ace' enclosing 'n' is 'ACNE'.

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(Other definitions for acne that I've seen before include "Spotty coverage" , "Youthful problem" , "Problem to face in" , "Skin complaint" , "Skin problem, mainly of teenagers" .)

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