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Flu? Daughter is calm (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disease

'flu?' is the definition.
(flu is a kind of disease)

'daughter is calm' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'calm' becomes 'ease' (ease can mean to calm).
'd'+'is'+'ease'='DISEASE'

(Other definitions for disease that I've seen before include "blight" , "Impairment of health" , "Contagion" , "affection" , "Seaside (anag) -- ailment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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