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I remain upset about grand headache (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

migraine

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'headache' is the definition.
(migraine is a kind of headache)

'i remain upset about grand' is the wordplay.
'remain upset' becomes 'graine' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'grand' becomes 'm' ('M' can be a synonym of 'grand').
'i'+'graine'='igraine'
'igraine' put after 'm' is 'MIGRAINE'.

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(Other definitions for migraine that I've seen before include "Severe headache often accompanied by nausea" , "It brings severe headache" , "terrible pain" , "From mare gin I get a severe headache" , "problem for the head" .)

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