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Mistakenly seek, with hideous man, joint tenderness? (10,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

housemaids knee

'joint tenderness?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mistakenly seek with hideous man' is the wordplay.
'mistakenly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hideous'+'man'='hideousman'
'seek' put after 'hideousman' is 'hideousmanseek'.
'hideousmanseek' with letters rearranged gives 'HOUSEMAIDS KNEE'.

(Other definitions for housemaids knee that I've seen before include "complaint to a servant?" , "Joint inflammation" , "joint tenderness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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