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Mitigates some disease symptoms (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eases

'mitigates' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'some disease symptoms' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word (some of the parts of the word are used).
'EASES' is hidden within 'disease symptoms'.

(Other definitions for eases that I've seen before include "Makes more comfortable" , "Makes less severe" , "Calms" , "Lessens tensions" , "Borders, margins" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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