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Gents in Ohio regularly suffering consumption (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ingestion

'consumption' is the definition.
('ingestion' can be a synonym of 'consumption')

'gents in ohio regularly suffering' is the wordplay.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'suffering' indicates anagramming the letters.
The alternate letters of 'ohio' are 'oi'.
'gents'+'in'+'oi'='gentsinoi'
'gentsinoi' anagrammed gives 'INGESTION'.

(Another definition for ingestion that I've seen is " Taking in".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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