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Misery caused by spinning of a spider (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

despair

'misery' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'spinning of a spider' is the wordplay.
'spinning of' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'spider'='aspider'
'aspider' is an anagram of 'DESPAIR'.

'caused by' is the link.

(Other definitions for despair that I've seen before include "Feeling of hopelessness" , "A spider (anag.)" , "Give up hope" , "Be without hope" , "Lose or lack hope" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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