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Inflammation that's going a little blue (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whitlow

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'inflammation' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Inflammation of finger ' mean 'whitlow' so perhaps 'inflammation' could also mean 'whitlow')

'little blue' is the wordplay.
'little' becomes 'whit' (I've seen this before).
'blue' becomes 'low' (I've seen this in another clue).
'whit'+'low'='WHITLOW'

'that's going a' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for whitlow that I've seen before include "Painful inflammation beside nail" , "Small abscess under a nail" , "gathering" , "Inflammation of finger(tip)" , "Abscess near a nail" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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