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Male concealing answer is in discomfort (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

malaise

'discomfort' is the definition.
(I know that malaise is a type of discomfort)

'male concealing answer is' is the wordplay.
'concealing' is an insertion indicator (back).
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'a'+'is'='ais'
'male' enclosing 'ais' is 'MALAISE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for malaise that I've seen before include "flu perhaps" , "Feeling of impending illness" , "General feeling of unease or illness" , "Uneasy feeling" , "Feeling of illness or mental uneasiness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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