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Kiwi dancer shortly in charge gets abdominal pain (5)

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I believe the answer is:

colic

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'abdominal pain' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'kiwi dancer shortly in charge' is the wordplay.
'kiwi dancer' becomes 'col' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'shortly in charge' becomes 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge'; 'shortly' suggests an abbreviation).
'col'+'ic'='COLIC'

'gets' is the link.

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(Other definitions for colic that I've seen before include "Illness" , "suffering" , "unpleasant gut feeling" , "Intestinal infection" , "Abdominal pain from wind or obstruction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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