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Illness reportedly went quickly (3)

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flu

'illness' is the definition.
(flu is a kind of health problem)

'reportedly went quickly' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'went quickly' becomes 'flew' (the time flew by).
'flew' sounds like 'FLU'.

(Other definitions for flu that I've seen before include "Viral infection (abbr)" , "Infection reduced" , "Influenza, in short" , "Swine --; gastric --" , "Common ailment" .)

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