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Nightmare with stomach after illness? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bugbear

'nightmare' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'stomach after illness?' is the wordplay.
'stomach' becomes 'bear' ('bear' can be a synonym of 'stomach').
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'illness?' becomes 'bug'.
'bear' after 'bug' is 'BUGBEAR'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bugbear that I've seen before include "Thing causing obsessive anxiety" , "something terrible" , "Cause of great distress" , "bogeyman" , "pet hate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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