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Irritating complaint in German written out twice? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mange

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'irritating complaint' is the definition.
'mange' can be an answer for 'complaint' (mange is a kind of disease). I am unsure of the 'irritating' bit.

'german written out twice?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'german' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'mane' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for mange that I've seen before include "disease results" , "Skin disease of mammals" , "may have to deal with this" , "Domestic animals may find it very irritating" , "skin problem" .)

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