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Infected relative with a touch of norovirus (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unclean

'infected' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'relative with a touch of norovirus' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'uncle' (uncle is a kind of relative**).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'touch of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'norovirus' is 'n'.
'uncle'+'a'+'n'='UNCLEAN'

(Other definitions for unclean that I've seen before include "Defiled" , "Dirty; immoral" , "(Ritually) tainted" , "Dirty or unwashed" , "Ceremonially impure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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