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Looking very pale, the lady needs treatment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deathly

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'looking very pale' is the definition.
'deathly' can be an answer for 'pale' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'looking very' bit.

'the lady needs treatment' is the wordplay.
'needs treatment' indicates an anagram (letters must be processed or treated).
'the'+'lady'='thelady'
'thelady' with letters rearranged gives 'DEATHLY'.

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(Other definitions for deathly that I've seen before include "Cadaverous" , "Extremely pale" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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