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Madness may be touring this year (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hysteria

'madness' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'touring this year' is the wordplay.
'touring' indicates an anagram (touring can mean moving around).
'this'+'year'='thisyear'
'thisyear' is an anagram of 'HYSTERIA'.

'may be' is the link.

(Other definitions for hysteria that I've seen before include "Wild emotionalism" , "Problem of the uncontrolled" , "Overemotional state" , "display of wild emotion" , "Emotional and uncontrollable outburst" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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