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Feel raw about public assistance (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

welfare

'public assistance' is the definition.
(I know that public assistance can be written as welfare)

'feel raw about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'feel'+'raw'='feelraw'
'feelraw' anagrammed gives 'WELFARE'.

(Other definitions for welfare that I've seen before include "Your well being, or help from the state" , "Contented state of health and happiness" , "Health and fortunes of a person or group" , "Well-being" , "Social provision by state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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